The Chapel Hill Council has identified as a priority addressing the need for affordable housing. See Town dashboard. These non- profits help by supporting key programs.
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CASA
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Community Home Trust
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Empowerment
Here is how CHALT is helping:
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We advocated for Town Homes in order to promote home ownership. Luxury apartments are over supplied.
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We promoted Town policies that will keep existing affordable housing by lobbying the Town Council exercise care when granting permits for major up-zonings.
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We’ve urged the Town to work with UNC to provide affordable rentals for students on campus. Investors have capitalized on UNC’s lack of student housing, and built “luxury student apartments” all over town, thus driving up rental rates.
When new projects come before the Town Council. we advocated for the Council to provide incentives for mixed and low income rental housing. Blue Hill removed the ability of the Council to require affordable housing.
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When town plans called for the destruction of lower rent housing for 200 families in Park Apartments, we appealed to the Town Council to request assistance for those families losing their homes.
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We supported the Town Affordable Housing bond, and actively supported the leadership group that campaigned for the county bond for kids and schools.
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We held several educational forums about how to promote mixed income housing, along with a forum on subsidized rentals otherwise known as the “master leasing” program, and a forum on tiny homes.
