Accountability Matters

Accountability Matters

As we approach a new $100 million housing bond referendum, accountability matters. Residents should be able to see – in one place – which projects received funding, how much was invested, how many units were created or preserved and the affordability levels achieved. After the last housing bond, the city promised transparency. Instead, residents are left with two sparse webpages—one largely explaining what a housing bond is. There is still no simple, public accounting of where the money went or what outcomes it produced. Can you understand why residents are skeptical?

Affordable Housing Event Video Available Now

Affordable Housing Event Video Available Now

More than 75 residents gathered June 4 at the Tarboro Road Community Center for a Livable Raleigh forum on the city’s affordable housing crisis, where five longtime community leaders shared recommendations for addressing displacement and preserving affordable communities. If you weren’t able to attend you can watch the video now.

May 19 City Council Meeting

May 19 City Council Meeting

Highlights from May 19 Raleigh City Council meeting, including information about a 1.7 cent property tax increase as well as various fee increases.

Raleigh’s Affordable Housing web pages are Unnavigable

Raleigh’s Affordable Housing web pages are Unnavigable

Navigating Raleigh’s affordable housing webpages feels like a frustrating maze. There’s good information, unfortunately, it’s buried under confusing web design, esoteric labels, scattered across too many disconnected pages or missing altogether in outdated reports.

Raleigh is playing the “We Care” card

Raleigh is playing the “We Care” card

The most devastating loss of affordable housing in the past 20 years has been the city constantly greenlighting the destruction of vast numbers of small brick ranches, duplexes and mom and pop apartment buildings in the older parts of town to give way for McMansions and “luxury” apartment towers.