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  • Charlotte organization offers affordable housing help

    Lexi Wilson

    April 09, 2021 |

    WCNC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Charlotte's rapid growth has put affordable housing out of reach to many residents. So the Home Again Foundation, a nonprofit, got into the homebuilding game. It constructed eight affordable housing units on land that would have been used for more single-family housing. Rents are below market and the foundation provides other services aimed at improving the self-sufficiency of the new residents, who had been experiencing homelessness.

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  • Charlotte nonprofit taking different approach to making affordable housing available

    Lexi Wilson

    March 25, 2021 |

    WCNC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    The Lotus campaign helps people experiencing homelessness by paying landlords upfront and, in return, landlords eliminate security deposits, credit checks, and employment records. At the cost of about $800 a year to house someone in an apartment, the Landlord Participation Program has housed more than 250 people and, as of April 2021, 166 people have renewed their leases or found other housing. The Lotus Campaign focuses on finding the units, while other organizations find the candidates and pay some of their rent. All participants are either employed or receiving Social Security payments.

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