by admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Affordable Housing, Mobility, Town Planning
Estes Drive users, neighbors and parents could not convince a Council majority that the Aura development project would fail to protect public safety and ensure a mobile Estes Drive. The Mayor and Town Council voted 5 – 3 a second time on June 23rd to approve the...
by admin | Oct 23, 2019 | Affordable Housing
“Trickle-down” economics doesn’t work. Not for tax policy, as we learned during the Reagan administration, and not for housing affordability, as we are seeing in Chapel Hill. Yet some candidates for Town Council persist in claiming that building more luxury high-rise...
by admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Affordable Housing
How did Chapel Hill end up with all this new development along 15-501? Here is the story in the form of a timeline: May, 2014: Town Council decides to throw out Chapel Hill ordinances and replace with “fast track zoning” (Form-Based Code) for 200 acres...
by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Affordable Housing
To: Chapel Hill Mayor and Council and Town Manager From: Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT) Re: Affordable Housing Bond Date: October 1, 2018 Dear Mayor Hemminger, Town Council Members, Manager Jones CHALT supports the 10M Bond Issue on...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Affordable Housing
Wednesday, March 2018 Chapel Hill Town Council took the courageous and principled action of voting for a 10 million dollar bond earmarked for providing more affordable housing to our community. Council members struggled with the testimony of people who wanted even...
by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Affordable Housing
CHALT sponsored a public forum on TINY HOMES on February 19th at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Susan Levy, Executive Director Orange Council Habitat for Humanity began the forum by describing the housing crisis for people in low and lower income levels in Chapel...
