REAL TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN CHARLOTTE: A BLACK MALE PERSPECTIVE This community conversation will engage audience members in a facilitated discussion about issues of economic mobility in Charlotte through the lens of African American men. The themes that will be addressed include the following: Understanding the progress of low-income families in Charlotte Assessing the…
DreamKey Partners to provide much-needed assistance to eligible homeowners CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 16, 2018 – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Inc. (DreamKey Partners) will provide assistance to homeowners in the completion of their low-income homestead exclusion or property tax deferment filings for the current tax year. The free clinics will be held in the Historic West End…
Are you over 65 or disabled? You could qualify for relief from Mecklenburg County property taxes.
Growing up in Boulevard Homes on Charlotte’s west side, Diamond Staton-Williams never imagined that she would one day be a successful healthcare professional managing a staff of 28 with the region’s largest hospital system. In fact, when she reflects on her younger years as a student in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School system and her time…
BY JULIE PORTER – SPECIAL TO THE OBSERVER EDITORIAL BOARD February 13, 2018 Right before the Christmas holiday, DreamKey Partners received an emergency request for housing. A disabled senior was being displaced from her apartment near Central Avenue after the property was purchased by an investor for redevelopment. She needed housing near transit that was…
Many people don’t realize that The Housing Partnership is a non-profit that provides a number of community programs including financial literacy, homebuyer education, digital literacy and property tax relief in addition to developing affordable housing.
Dear Friends, Following the Keith Lamont Scott shooting, the City of Charlotte increased its production goals for affordable housing, pledging to provide 5,000 units in three years. To back up that pledge, the City recently approved an extraordinary $20 million in Housing Trust Funds to support new production of 649 units in five developments across…
Charlotte Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Inc. (“The Housing Partnership”) will dedicate The Stevenson Apartments, a 130-unit affordable rental development in the Brightwalk community.
“Wait, what exactly is it you do again?” was a frequent question I was asked by my new co-workers during my first weeks as a Digital Inclusion Fellow at Charlotte Mecklenburg Housing Partnership (CMHP).
Charlotte resident, Linda Mendez, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership President Julie Porter and City of Charlotte Housing and Neighborhood Services Director Pam Wideman sit down with Around the Crown host Gina DiPietro to discuss the current need in Charlotte for affordable housing, where we are in meeting our target goals and who are the real people in need.