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Orange County Board of Commissioners Moving Forward with Affordable Housing Plan

Posted by Staff | Sep 13, 2016 | Local Government

Orange County hasn’t had a plan for affordable housing since 2001. Until now. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met Thursday to discuss the strategic plan that was first introduced in April. The Board is moving forward...

Carrboro Awards $20,000 to Community Home Trust for Affordable Housing

Posted by Staff | Sep 9, 2016 | Local Government

Community Home Trust applied for $20,000 through the Carrboro Board of Aldermen to buy a townhouse in the Whispering Hills subdivision in Carrboro, but not just for any reason. The non-profit is trying to increase permanently...

DHIC Awarded Second Round of Tax Credits for Chapel Hill Affordable Housing Development

Posted by Staff | Aug 24, 2016 | News

DHIC has been awarded tax credits for a second year in a row to develop an affordable housing community in Chapel Hill. DHIC is a non-profit organization based in the Raleigh area that has worked for over four decades to develop...

Applications are Available for Affordable Housing Projects in Chapel Hill

Posted by Staff | Jul 19, 2016 | Local Government

The beginning of July brings a new fiscal year and more funding for affordable housing in Chapel Hill. Each fiscal year, the Town of Chapel Hill provides $688,000 from the Affordable Housing Development Reserve. With this year...

Chapel Hill Approves Affordable Housing Project

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Jun 23, 2016 | Local Government

Local housing non-profit DHIC Inc. is continuing work with the Town of Chapel Hill to help offset affordable housing needs for working families in the area. Earlier this month, Chapel Hill town manager Roger Stancil approved the...

‘Affordable Housing’ is Workforce Housing

Posted by The Commentators | Jun 7, 2016 | The Commentators

One of the topics that we’ve heard a lot about recently is affordable housing. The towns and the county have discussed it a great deal and the media has given it a lot of coverage. If you ask people exactly what is...

Looking at affordable housing in a different way

Posted by The Commentators | Jun 1, 2016 | The Commentators

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Commissioners To Hold Public Hearing On Upcoming Bond

Posted by Staff | Apr 19, 2016 | Local Government

The Board of Orange County Commissioners will be taking public comment on the upcoming bond Tuesday night. It will be the first of two public hearings on the bond which, if passed in November, will be the largest in county...

Orange County Homes Are Pricier – But How Much Pricier? And Why?

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 12, 2016 | Development, Featured

Housing is expensive in Orange County – to the tune of nearly $350,000 per house.

Carrboro Alderman Approve Affordable Housing Request

Posted by Staff | Mar 2, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

The Carrboro Board of Alderman approved several affordable housing requests on Tuesday night, most notably, a request of $40,000 for the Self Help landbank and $15,000 for a critical-repair program for seniors. The request from...

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