By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 10,2011
Nine months after the Charlotte Housing Authority won a $20.9 million HOPE VI federal grant last summer to redevelop one of the city’s oldest public housing projects, the demolition of Boulevard Gardens is nearly complete. Plans for the redevelopment, dubbed Boulevard Homes, call for 227 mixed-income family units — which consist of very low-income, work [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: November 12,2010
In Charlotte, affordable housing has lately been at the fore of the “What role should government play?” debate. When voting for bond proposals Nov. 2, residents showed support for the city’s efforts to provide affordable-housing units. But the $15 million for affordable-housing projects was also the most contested of the bonds package OK’d by voters, [...]
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