Greensboro

In January, the city of Greensboro launched a $21 million loan fund to incentivize developers to build more affordable housing. And with more than 40,000 cost-burdened households — those paying more than a third of their income on a place to live — the need for more options is great. 

A new multi-million-dollar loan program for developers aims to increase the number of affordable housing units in Greensboro. The recently launched Greensboro Housing Loan Fund is a public-private partnership that’s been years in the making.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper was in Greensboro this week to highlight clean energy jobs in the Piedmont.

A white Greensboro apartment manager is being sued following her assault on a Black 11-year-old boy at the apartment swimming pool. The incident, which was caught on security camera and went viral on social media, has prompted national attention.

A new mural was recently unveiled in Greensboro to recognize the role Indigenous people have in the area. It’s a collaborative project led by a Native American artist whose family, like dozens of others, originally migrated in the 1960s to the region.