City Council Bends the Rules

City Council Bends the Rules

by | Jun 15, 2026 |

Litchford Forest zoning case Z-43-25 was scheduled for its public hearing to occur June 2. Due to inadequate public notice in the N&O, the hearing could not take place. Council did NOT follow the normal process. Instead they did a HUGE favor for the applicant and sent the case back to the Planning Commission to allow new conditions to be added despite the applicant missing the deadline to add conditions. This is just one more example of the City Council bending over backwards for developers while putting neighbors through the gauntlet an additional time.

Protect our Residential Neighborhoods, Preserve NCODs

Protect our Residential Neighborhoods, Preserve NCODs

by | Jun 7, 2026 |

The City Planning Staff advocates on behalf of individual development interests. When was the last time Planning acknowledged any negative impact in their review of a zoning change request? Where is the advocacy for the people and for the plan they devised and adopted with stakeholder input?

Nicole Bennett, Former Planning Commission Chair – It’s Not Just a Rezoning

Nicole Bennett, Former Planning Commission Chair – It’s Not Just a Rezoning

by | May 4, 2026 |

Why does “the greater good” so often require loss from the same communities? Why are the people who already rely on transit the ones most at risk of being displaced from it? What does it mean to build a transit corridor that the current riders might no longer be able to afford to live near? if the greater good keeps requiring that the same communities lose everything, perhaps we need to ask ourselves what “good” really means.

Developer Welfare

Developer Welfare

by | Apr 15, 2026 |

Raleigh adopted a carefully thought-out and comprehensive rezoning of the entire City just 10 years ago which was and is designed to handle the growth we are now experiencing.  But, Raleigh incentivizes speculators and hustlers to find cheaper and less densely zoned land not in the core of downtown and then rezone it because the city will rezone almost anything so long as you commit to building more density whether affordable or not.

Raleigh’s Affordable Housing web pages are Unnavigable

Raleigh’s Affordable Housing web pages are Unnavigable

by | Mar 29, 2026 |

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.

Help Hold the City Accountable

Help Hold the City Accountable

by | Mar 23, 2026 |

The City is approving rezonings that directly contradict its own Comprehensive Plan and Small Area Plans, the documents meant to protect neighborhoods, historic areas, and responsible growth. When the government fails to follow its own rules, residents are left with no choice but to stand up and defend themselves.

CITY COUNCIL TO MIDTOWN: DROP DEAD

CITY COUNCIL TO MIDTOWN: DROP DEAD

by | Mar 15, 2026 |

It turns out that at that January hearing when North Hills traffic was lightly discussed, the referral to the Transportation Committee – which had been previously promised to opponents – was not for any  review of North Hills traffic at all but rather for the Six Forks Corridor Project – a dead project that would have provided little if any relief for traffic congestion in North Hills.