Community members protest Eller Capital Partners housing practices
By Camila Molina | Jun. 18, 2015Kira Fisher is a tenant of the Chapel Hill apartment complex 86 North — but not for very much longer.
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Kira Fisher is a tenant of the Chapel Hill apartment complex 86 North — but not for very much longer.
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Patricia Jones must leave her Chapel Hill apartment by May 1 to avoid eviction — but after weeks of searching, she still has no place to go.
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Disputes over regulations in the Northside Neighborhood Conservation District came to a head Monday when landlords petitioned to disband the entire district.
Read More »If you’re searching for simplicity at home, an innovative developer might hold the keys to your happiness — in the form of a bite-size bungalow.
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Town officials and advocacy organizations are using a $3 million loan from the University to help long-term, low-income residents find homes in the Northside neighborhood — but some landlords say the market has already shifted to better suit student renters.
Read More »After repeatedly receiving their federal housing subsidies late, residents of Hillsborough’s Gateway Village Apartments now face fees and disconnection from their utility services.
Read More »The University is providing a $3 million no-interest loan to help with the acquisition and resale of properties in the historically black, low-income Northside neighborhood, which has largely become home to college students in rental homes.
Read More »Out the back door and over the lawn, to grandmother’s house we go — or at least, that’s the idea behind a new alternative to nursing homes.
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Dissatisfied tenants staged protests during the weekend at apartment complexes across Carrboro to challenge abnormally high water bills.
Read More »Housing experts explained to community members at an information session at Town Hall Tuesday that the increase in housing costs in Chapel Hill has surpassed the increase in income during the past 20 years.
Read More »Nonprofits working with local neighborhoods asked the Chapel Hill Town Council Monday to consider allocating federal funds to the organizations based on their past successes and plans for the coming months.
Read More »Recent outreach efforts have struggled to convince some Orange County property managers to accept payment in the form of vouchers from the federal affordable housing program commonly known as Section 8.
Read More »A local business and a nonprofit are working together to improve the living conditions of Carrboro resident Lillie Brown.
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For dozens of Chapel Hill residents and activists, talks of bulldozing the Shops at Eastgate shopping center and improved options for student housing dominated the discussion on Sunday.
Read More »With nine states completely banning tanning for minors, the practice has become a hot topic. And now some in Chapel Hill are beginning to question the practice.
Read More »More than 20 Orange County officials and residents came together Thursday to brainstorm strategies for reducing poverty.
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Despite the town’s best efforts, hopeful developers still face challenges when trying to build and manage affordable housing complexes.
Read More »The town of Chapel Hill, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, will open a new publicly owned affordable housing duplex at 105 Zieger Lane Friday.
Read More »Aging populations are presenting more challenges in developed countries like the United States — and towns like Chapel Hill might have something to learn from places like Japan, where aging has been central to policy-making in recent years.
Read More »Chapel Hill residents and some local officials are concerned about the proposed Village Plaza mixed-use apartment complex on South Elliott Road — and they say the Ephesus-Fordham Form-Based Code is the main problem.
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