Affordable Housing

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.

On Monday, the Town of Cary’s Planning and Zoning Board considered a proposal by Habitat Wake to build nine homes off of Trimble Avenue. After a lengthy public hearing, the board recommended that the Town Council deny our application for rezoning of the land.

Newly appointed Secretary Ben Carson of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) visited a build site with Habitat for Humanity of Broward County

Earlier this week, the White House released an overview of the president’s 2018 federal budget request. In it, the administration proposes to eliminate several federal programs that are critical to Habitat Wake’s work, including: