Affordable Housing

Lisa Rowe, executive director of local non-profit Families Together recently wrote an excellent op-ed piece published in the News & Observer.  A former colleague of mine from Habitat for Humanity International, Lisa knows first hand-through her work at Families Together the struggle of families facing homeless in our local community.

http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article172287507.html

The cost of housing is skyrocketing in many metropolitan area across the country and, as Wake County grows, we’re experiencing those effects here as well. In an opinion piece published by the New York Times, two economics professors describe how land use restrictions contribute to increasing housing costs.

Habitat for Humanity recently surveyed 1,000 households in the U.S. and Canada for their opinions on homeownership.  Check out this infographic summarizing the results of the survey: 

Wages for low income workers have been stagnant for the last many years while housing costs continue to rise rapidly.

Habitat Wake is moving forward with its rezoning request for Trimble Avenue in Cary! We’ve made some changes to our project proposal that we hope will be supported by both the Cary Town Council and the surrounding community.

We posted Monday about the devastating effects President Trump’s budget would have on affordable housing in Wake County.

The Trump Administration released its full proposal for the 2018 federal budget today.

Storm water and flooding. Traffic. Crime. Property Values. Non-Conformity. These are all issues we’ve heard from neighbors near to the Trimble Avenue site for which we are seeking rezoning.  Some concerns, like stormwater, are legitimate, but are not impacted by our proposed development.