Charlotte council members to consider five affordable housing projects
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Charlotte city council members are set to vote on whether to approve four affordable housing projects, funded in part by the $50 million housing bond voters passed in 2022.
The developments would bring about 140 affordable rental units and 19 affordable homeownership units if approved.
The first of the two rental projects, Grounds for Change, will include 80 units along Park Road near Freedom Park. The second, The Mallard at Sugar Creek, would consist of 60 units.
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Habitat for Humanity would develop the two homeownership projects. The first is Legacy Vista, which would include 12 affordable homes along Toddville Road in West Charlotte. The second is Little’s Landing, which includes seven affordable units on Polk and White Road in Mallard Creek.
Between those four projects, the city would invest more than $5 million from their Housing Development Fund to alleviate some of the financial burden on renters and homeowners who make less than the area’s average median income.
City leaders hoped to bring a fifth development on West Tyvola Road that would have created 100 additional rental units. However, the developer backed out of the project after finding environmental contamination at the site.
Councilmembers will also consider a separate affordable housing project, which would come from the city’s transit-oriented development initiative. It would include 200-225 units on Dorton Street in the Sugar Creek area, within walking distance of the Blue Line.
City leaders have expressed concerns about effectively getting the word out about these affordable housing projects.
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“An individual or a household searching for affordable housing may have to keep up with what’s coming online and when, and when those applications are due, and what’s needed, and when to put them in. So, it is a very difficult for households to navigate right now,” said Rebecca Hefner with Charlotte’s Housing and Neighborhood Services department.
To combat that issue, Hefner said her department is working on two projects: creating a single application for all city housing programs and one database for all affordable housing options.
Since the 2022 housing bond passed, city leaders have approved roughly $63 million worth of affordable housing funding across nearly 2,200 units.
Monday’s city council meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center.
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