permanent supportive housing

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' new initiative looks to help shape policies on supportive homes over the next five years.

If approved, a long-awaited housing project at the site of the former Regency Inn in Greensboro likely won’t be completed until 2027 — years after the original target opening date.

Greensboro officials have publicly expressed support for Step Up on Second, the city’s partner on a permanent supportive housing project, even after the group became embroiled in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. But public records reviewed by WFDD paint a more complex picture of the city’s response and relationship with the organization.

A Winston-Salem official says the city’s effort to convert a motel into supportive housing for those experiencing homelessness is “not likely to move forward.” The news comes weeks after the city’s partners on the project were named in a multi-million dollar lawsuit.