Number of active short-term rentals, including Airbnb, increase in Chapel Hill
By Annie Gibson | Jan. 25"Since January 2021, the number of active short-term rentals (STRs) in the Chapel Hill area has increased by about 40 percent."
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"Since January 2021, the number of active short-term rentals (STRs) in the Chapel Hill area has increased by about 40 percent."
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Chris Blue, Chapel Hill’s outgoing police chief, was unanimously appointed by the Chapel Hill Town Council as the interim town manager at a special meeting Wednesday.
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The Town of Chapel Hill has allocated $9.1 million towards affordable housing this year. That money will help build over 300 units, many for those earning less than 30 percent of the area's median income.
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The Chapel Hill Town Council voted in 2016 to authorize the town manager to purchase the plot of land from the American Legion Post. Following its purchase in 2017, the Town appointed an American Legion Task Force to make recommendations for the future use of the land.
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“We've created these units just so that they are exactly what somebody would want to live in,” Delores Bailey, the executive director of EMPOWERment, Inc., said. “We've taken and paid a lot of attention to the details.”
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Chapel Hill residents shared with the Chapel Hill Town Council what they wanted to see more funding for – public restrooms and pickleball. The business management director for the Town presented different Community Partner projects that could be funded with money received through the American Rescue Plan Act.
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The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency awarded the Chapel Hill affordable housing project Re-imagine Trinity Court a nine percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit worth over $10 million. The award will pay for about 70 percent of the development cost of the project.
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The Historical Society moved to the public library from 523 E. Franklin St. in 2015, when the Chapel Hill Town Council sold the building, according to the Chapel Hill Public Library director Susan Brown. The Historical Society was previously housed in the basement of the building and was the only remaining tenant, she said.
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The Town of Chapel Hill's Climate Action and Response Plan plan aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change and help Chapel Hill become a community where everyone has access to affordable housing, clean air and water and healthy foods by prioritizing energy-efficient transportation and buildings.
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Melody Kramer, a writer for Triangle Blog Blog, wrote a piece on the pickleball demonstrators and examined the current state of the Town's Parks and Recreation needs that could be met through the use of the American Rescue Plan Act funds.
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Nonprofit organization CASA is bringing a new affordable housing development to the area straddling the line between Carrboro and Chapel Hill. The new development will create 48 one- and two-bedroom apartments, with rent prices ranging from $350 to $950 a month.
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During a meeting on Monday, Chapel Hill Town Council members and Mayor Pam Hemminger discussed whether funding should go towards new or existing infrastructure projects in town.
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In a July 11 press release, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said the new state budget allows the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) to have the same pandemic response flexibility as it had under the state of emergency.
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