CHARLOTTE – Affordable housing in the Cherry neighborhood got a boost this week after the City Council approved rezoning petitions for the area. The council also approved a commercial project, deferred a decision on an office building and multifamily development ...

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The Charlotte Housing Authority has hired Troy Drawz as chief development officer. He most recently was director of development and construction at the Vancouver Housing Authority. In his new post, Draws will be responsible for managing the operations and administration ...

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CHARLOTTE – The City Council heard public comments Monday night on the Charlotte Housing Authority’s proposal to add affordable housing to the Cherry neighborhood. The authority has filed rezoning petitions with the city to replace the 51-unit Tall Oaks complex ...

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The city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County continue to reduce the number of homeless people in the county, but the price of housing is making it difficult for families and individuals with low incomes to stay off the streets. The ...

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CHARLOTTE -The Charlotte Housing Authority has received funding and tax credits that will allow it to build 92 one-bedroom units. The authority, through its affiliate Horizon Development Properties, has been given $8.8 million in federal tax credits from the U.S. ...

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CHARLOTTE – The City Council on Monday approved by consent permitting the Charlotte Housing Authority to issue bonds valued at up to $10 million to help finance the third and final phase of the Renaissance project. Renaissance, a $110 million ...

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In the last 10 years, the number of Mecklenburg County families struggling to find a decent, safe and affordable place to call home has doubled while the number of such units available to house them has barely budged. A new ...

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CHARLOTTE – If you want to put a face on the seismic changes in public affordable housing, go visit Eric Anthony Johnson, chief real estate development officer for the Charlotte Housing Authority. He’s a new face at CHA, too, at ...

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CHARLOTTE – What do you do if you’re the Charlotte Housing Authority and one of your affordable-housing communities specifically for the geriatric gets, well, geriatric? According to Eric Johnson, the chief development officer at the CHA, you start an $8 ...

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CHARLOTTE – Mayor Patsy Kinsey and members of City Council on Friday were scheduled to attend the grand opening of The Retreat at Renaissance, the first phase of a mixed-income community that will have 110 units for seniors on a ...

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