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Nashville’s shipping container apartments could be inspiration for Charlotte

February 25, 2020

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, WCNC-TV

By Nathan Morabito February 18, 2020 A Nashville developer is using the nation’s surplus of shipping containers to build affordable housing unit and his idea is a possible solution Charlotte…

Finding Home: Helping Homeless Students By Supporting Their Families

February 25, 2020

Keisha Portis

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative

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By David Boraks February 13, 2020 Here’s a No. 1 ranking you don’t want: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leads North Carolina with the largest population of homeless students — more than 4,700…

With Lake Arbor About To Be Sold, Judge Backs Tenants’ Legal Request

February 25, 2020

Keisha Portis

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative

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By David Boraks February 13, 2020 All but one tenant has moved out of the run-down Lake Arbor Apartments in west Charlotte after the owners ordered everyone out to make…

Big Impact with a Small Footprint: Veterans Project Is Building Community While Fighting Homelessness

February 10, 2020

Kayla Gibson

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, QNotes

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Site of Veterans Community Project, Longmont, Colo. (Photo Credit: Chris Rudisill) By Chris Rudisill FEBRUARY 7, 2020 In the last issue of qnotes, we looked at the Beloved Community Village in Denver,…

Big Impact with a Small Footprint

January 30, 2020

Kayla Gibson

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, QNotes

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By Chris Rudisill JANUARY 24, 2020 Freddie Martin, someone who is classified as ‘housing insecure,’ calls Beloved Community Village home as he works toward finishing his degree at Metro State…

Seattle program makes homes affordable in a pricey market. Is it a model for Charlotte?

December 10, 2019

Keisha Portis

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, The Charlotte Observer, Uncategorized

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By Lauren Lindstrom The Charlotte Observer SEATTLE Susan Zeman and Bob Downing immediately found a lot to love about their two-bedroom townhouse in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. They loved that…

West Charlotte is rapidly gentrifying. How this nonprofit wants to make homes affordable.

December 10, 2019

Keisha Portis

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, The Charlotte Observer

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By Lauren Lindstrom The Charlotte Observer Charis Blackmon doesn’t have to look further than the ground beneath her feet to see change happening in Enderly Park. The West Side Community…

Where do you live when you’re gay and gray?

November 20, 2019

Keisha Portis

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, QNotes

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BY DAVID AARON MOORE JULY 26, 2019 There’s a story I recall as a younger gay man I’ve heard repeated a few times over the years since, in some form…

Charlotte could allow townhomes, duplexes, triplexes in traditional single-family neighborhoods

November 12, 2019

Keisha Portis

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, WCNC-TV

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Author: Nathan Morabito Published: 6:07 PM EDT November 8, 2019 Updated: 6:07 PM EDT November 8, 2019 With 84% of residential land in Charlotte zoned for single-family homes, there’s an…

Nashville’s shipping container apartments could be inspiration for Charlotte

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, WCNC-TV

By Nathan Morabito February 18, 2020 A Nashville developer is using the nation’s surplus of shipping containers to build affordable housing unit and his idea is a possible solution Charlotte might want to consider. Stacked three-high, shipping containers welded to piers now dominate the landscape of Nashville’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood just…

Finding Home: Helping Homeless Students By Supporting Their Families

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative

By David Boraks February 13, 2020 Here’s a No. 1 ranking you don’t want: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leads North Carolina with the largest population of homeless students — more than 4,700 last year. A new program by two Charlotte agencies aims to help some of those students by getting their families…

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Nashville’s shipping container apartments could be inspiration for Charlotte

Finding Home: Helping Homeless Students By Supporting Their Families

With Lake Arbor About To Be Sold, Judge Backs Tenants’ Legal Request

Big Impact with a Small Footprint: Veterans Project Is Building Community While Fighting Homelessness

Big Impact with a Small Footprint

Seattle program makes homes affordable in a pricey market. Is it a model for Charlotte?

West Charlotte is rapidly gentrifying. How this nonprofit wants to make homes affordable.

Where do you live when you’re gay and gray?

Charlotte could allow townhomes, duplexes, triplexes in traditional single-family neighborhoods

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