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The rents in Raleigh are too damn highnew

Can this affordable housing crisis be fixed?

INDY Week | Jane Porter | 05-21-2015 | Housing & Development

Durham's affordable housing crisisnew

It would be hard to find a more pointed example of Durham's affordable housing crisis than the situation at Lincoln Apartments: In one week, 200 low-income residents will be evicted from their homes. None of the city's recent initiatives will immediately help them.

INDY Week | Lisa Sorg | 10-24-2012 | Housing & Development

Residents Sue Over Jacked-Up Property Valuesnew

If taxpayers in Roanoke Rapids got burned by The Royal Palace Theatre, then residents of the small, historically African-American community of Brandy Creek were especially torched.

INDY Week | Bob Geary | 09-19-2012 | Housing & Development

Tags: housing, Property Values

Why is Andy Ives Biking Across America?new

The recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and member of Bike and Build is biking cross-country to raise awareness for the affordable housing crisis in America.

INDY Week | Shanae Auguste | 06-18-2009 | Housing & Development

Tags: Bike and Build, activism, affordable housing, bicycling

Mobile Home Park Residents Caught in Catch-22new

Since the Homestead Village case began, some residents and affordable housing advocates have begun to ask whether the old park could be fixed up and restored as a place where people of modest means can continue to live, if not in grand style, then at least in very comfortable surroundings. Depending on the Raleigh City Council's decision, Homestead Village could add to the junk pile, or it could turn out to be a preservation success story.

INDY Week | Bob Geary | 07-10-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: North Carolina, Raleigh, housing & development, home ownership, Homestead Village, mobile homes, moderate-income housing, renting

Does the Return of a Neighborhood Mean the Poor Have to Leave?new

In one "revived" Durham neighborhood, the dozen or so new homeowners have formed a strong and unified voice, advocating for much-needed neighborhood revitalization and historic preservation. But longtime renters, many of whom are low-income and have few housing options, occupy most of the crumbling homes.

INDY Week | Mosi Secret | 05-15-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: North Carolina, housing, gentrification, Durham, Development, blight, displacement, renters, housing & development