Charlotte Proposes City-Owned Plots for Affordable Housing
Six city-owned properties will be considered for affordable housing developments by the city council in an attempt to combat rising land costs. Half of the proposed sites are in wealthier parts of the city.
June 16, 2021 • (TNS) Six city-owned properties across Charlotte, N.C., may be transformed into affordable housing, the latest effort to create more homes in a city where rising land costs make that difficult.
A separate city-owned property might forge part of a mixed-use development, and two more properties are under consideration for affordable housing, Assistant City Manager Brent Cagle told City Council on Monday.
30,000+ applied for rental relief in Charlotte with eviction moratorium ending soon
30,000+ applied for rental relief in Charlotte with eviction moratorium ending soon By David Hodges | May 11, 2021 at 3:19 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 8:27 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Ashley Boyd was new to Charlotte at the start of the pandemic and was struggling to pay for the hotel where she was living in.
âAt that moment I was facing eviction,â Boyd said.
30,000+ applied for rental relief in Charlotte with eviction moratorium ending soon
She eventually moved into the Green Rock Estates with her four kids but was having trouble paying the rent there too without a full-time job.
New COVID rent relief comes just in time. Hereâs detail on help available in Charlotte. (Source: Gray News) By Lauren Lindstrom | December 29, 2020 at 12:14 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 12:14 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Charlotte Observer) - More emergency rent assistance is expected for Mecklenburg County in the new federal relief package, at a time when initial COVID-19 housing aid was running out locally and across North Carolina.
The next relief bill, which President Donald Trump signed late Sunday, includes $25 billion in emergency rent assistance, of which North Carolina is expected to get $700 million. It also extends the federal eviction moratorium one month, until Jan. 31, and would provide for stimulus checks to individuals and parents.