Renters and homebuyers face a dismal landscape these days in finding affordable housing. But community groups and nonprofit landlords in North Carolina say they're determined to increase their options, especially for people from low-income or marginalized backgrounds. Delores Bailey, executive director of the nonprofit group EMPOWERment in Chapel Hill, said her organization is spearheading the building of PEACH Apartments, a $3.5 million project to provide affordable housing for essential workers in the historically African American neighborhood of Pine Knolls. ...