Crisis, Housing & Stability
Affordable housing in Charlotte: Why long-term investment matters
By Liz Morrell
Housing affordability has become one of the defining challenges facing cities across the United States, and Charlotte is no exception. As housing prices continue to rise faster than wages, more residents across the income spectrum are struggling to find stable, affordable places to live.
This is the first article from a series of briefs that will help provide a clearer understanding of how Charlotte’s affordable housing investments shape housing stability, neighborhood conditions and economic opportunity across […]
Over the past decade, we linked data on homelessness. Here’s what we learned.
By Sydney Idzikowski and Austin Trujillo
The Charlotte Regional Data Trust brings together data that typically exist in silos to inform effective decision-making and better understand the complicated issues our communities face. Over the past ten years, the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and Mecklenburg County Community Support Services have worked together to advance data-driven efforts to address housing instability and homelessness.
Here, we dive deep into what we’ve learned together through linking data about people experiencing homelessness to better understand how people are served across systems […]