This weekend community leaders held a march for affordable housing. The “House Us Now” march originated with the Community Empowerment Fund in partnership with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, the Marian Cheek Jackson Center, EmPOWERment Inc, and the Interfaith Council. It called for affordable housing for community members who make 30 percent or below the area median income.
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A UNC substance use disorder treatment program announced a new partnership which will offer affordable housing within the 2200 Homestead Road project. UNC Horizons will break ground on Horizons Homestead in the spring of 2022, providing 32 units for current and past program participants – allowing them to continue their path of recovery.
Read MoreSeveral local organizations are partnering to hold a march demanding more affordable housing on August 28 in Chapel Hill. Yvette Mathews of the Community Empowerment Fund, as well as Delores Bailey of EmPOWERMent Inc., Quinton Harper of the Interfaith Council and Paris Miller-Foushee of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP join 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell to discuss the upcoming event.
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The Town of Chapel Hill is looking to create more affordable housing adjacent to the town’s historic Northside Neighborhood, however some residents are concerned about the impact the proposed development would have on the surrounding community.
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The towns of Hillsborough and Carrboro both recently adopted their budgets for the 2021-22 fiscal year, which will go in effect July 1.
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For more than four years, the town has been planning to convert the 13 acres of land into a mixed-income community with units set at below market price.
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The Chapel Hill Town Council recently heard a concept plan for a student housing-multifamily development. If approved, Aspen Chapel Hill would provide 109 units for students and be located at 701 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Read MoreJennifer Player, the president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County NC, joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell to talk about a benchmark recently reached by her organization. She shares what it means to have 300 homes built by Habitat in the Orange County community and what projects the group is working on in the near future.
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A proposed apartment complex between Isley Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard could become the latest housing for UNC students.
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After years of planning, a proposed affordable housing community in Chapel Hill is close to becoming a reality.
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