affordable housing

Carrboro's Board of Aldermen are heard a rezoning case last night that puts the needs of low-income families against the desires among middle income households for nice co-housing.

The owner of Pine Grove Mobile Home Park wants to take the 42-lot park and clear it to build Veridia, a new 39-home co-housing development with 1,350 sq. ft. homes going for about $289,000. The project would have special rain water cisterns and solar panels, as well as a common house and some amenities.

That's sounds like a special place, but I wonder what progress is being made by affordable housing that actually reduces the number of affordable units in a community.

A rezoning request that would have forced the mass eviction of 160 Raleigh families will likely be dropped, according to an interview from the developer.

If you have picked up this week's Independent Weekly, you can't help but notice the cover story. Bob Geary has authored "Paradise Lost: Mobile Home Park Residents Caught in a Catch-22." Its a great story, highlighting the plight of 180 families at Homestead Village Mobile Home Park who are destined to lose their homes if the City approves a rezoning of their community.
The back story is that a lot of the credit for this is due to BlueNC! Blogging online leads to print sometimes, and without going into too many details, this is the case here. So, I want to lend a shout-out to BlueNC.

The Raleigh City Council is ready to force 160 low income residents from their homes, in order to make way for more development. Homestead Village Mobile Home Park is off of Capital Boulevard in North Raleigh. This is very affordable housing in an area in an expensive part of town. Will Raleigh replace these units with new affordable housing? Will the residents The park owner is 70, on oxygen, and needs to get out of the business. The prospective buyer wants to rezone for mixed use commercial redevelopment.