According to the United States Department of Agriculture, areas with large numbers of "households with low incomes, inadequate access to transportation and a limited number of food retailers providing fresh produce and healthy groceries for affordable prices" are commonly referred to as food deserts. Although Chapel Hill is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the country, communities in some parts of the Town don't have access to affordable and healthy groceries.
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Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is accepting applications until Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 5 p.m. for its new mixed-income housing development, Weavers Grove. Located off Sunrise Road, the community will include 237 residential units, with 101 built by Habitat.
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The Chapel Hill Town Council recently heard an update to its two-year pilot program for incentives for employee housing. The Homeowner Assistance program allowed town employees to apply for one-time down payments if they are seeking housing within town limits. Now, the program is expanding to be eligible to help more employees live where they work.