affordable housing

Politics & Government

Watauga workforce housing bill fails to advance in legislature

3:17pm May 08, 2025

House Bill 306 would have given Boone, Blowing Rock and Watauga County Board of Education the opportunity to provide workforce housing for municipal workers and teachers.

Image shows South Fork Middle River near Blowing Rock

Politics & Government

Bill would create options for affordable workforce housing in Watauga County

3:32pm April 10, 2025

by Paul Garber

House Bill 306 would authorize Boone, Blowing Rock and the Watauga County Board of Education to provide workplace housing for town and county staff and teachers.

National

For these seniors, DOGE's affordable housing pause means suffering longer without AC

7:00am April 06, 2025

The Trump administration froze funding for a program to upgrade aging low-income housing and make it energy efficient. The move threatens hundreds of projects around the country.

Housing

Report shows Guilford County renters face big challenges when it comes to finding housing

4:25pm February 24, 2025

by DJ Simmons

The county could also see a steep shortage of units over the next few years, according to the study.

Housing

Winston-Salem City Council to consider new affordable housing development program

3:56pm November 15, 2024

by DJ Simmons

The proposed program would include an application window and evaluation criteria on a development's quality, project team and financial feasibility.

Housing

High Point fund seeking to raise $40M for affordable housing

3:45pm October 22, 2024

by DJ Simmons

The new fund looks to create 1,000 new affordable housing units in the area.

Image shows Shelby Tramel in the destroyed shop she owns

Many in Ashe County were already hurting. Then the storm hit

8:45am October 03, 2024

by Paul Garber

Economic factors including a lack of affordable housing, child care issues and stagnant wages had more than doubled the number of people the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina and its partners served in the last two years.

Housing

Winston-Salem Council forgives lien, paves way for its first housing co-op

3:37pm September 09, 2024

by DJ Simmons

The city council approved forgiving a $157,000 lien on a property, giving a local housing advocacy group the go-ahead to start what they say could be the first cooperative community of its kind in the city.

A photo of Brown School Lofts apartments in Winston-Salem

Housing

North Carolina to gain more than $1B in affordable housing development

4:35pm September 03, 2024

by DJ Simmons

Fifty projects across the state were approved for financial awards including three developments in Winston-Salem and two in Greensboro.

A photo of Winston-Salem residents gathered outside city hall

Housing

Winston-Salem group launches campaign calling for community benefits agreements in city

4:36pm August 19, 2024

by DJ Simmons

A local advocacy group is pushing for more CBAs, which they say would better promote more equitable and fair development.