Affordable Homeownership
Aveline at Coulwood When a home is built, it has a ripple effect that may go on for decades. It goes beyond the home’s first owners, impacting generations of a…
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A New Mindset and Priceless Legacy
Mindsets, like habits, can become indelible, lifelong truths. That is unless something occurs to interrupt that perpetual loop. Occasionally, the shift in perspective or habit change occurs when the old way…
The Tale of Two Cities, Tackling the Affordable Housing Crisis
This month, more than 120 leaders from the Charlotte region traveled to Austin, Texas, to explore the city’s economy, and learn from each other and their business, civic and political…
Managing Affordable Housing
with Rebekah Baker & Courtney Lundquist For more than 20 years, DreamKey Partners has had a strong partnership with real estate management company S.L. Nusbaum to help develop, manage and…
Building Affordable Housing
Fred Dodson and Sammy Jackson on-site at Phase I of Aveline at Coulwood. A house isn’t finished until the first family photo is hung, the toys are unpacked, and a…
Guillian’s Journey Home
“I wish…” “If only…” “It’d be great if…” We’ve all said these words at one point or another. Frequently, these phrases are followed by “but”, “I can’t”, “maybe later.” So…
Celebrating Juneteenth With a Look Back at the History of Grier Heights
This year marks the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth, now a federal holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the United States. Celebrations go as far back as 1866…
$31 Million in Real Estate Development Completed in 2020
DreamKey Partners completed $31 million in real estate development in 2020, bringing total investments to $353 million since its founding in 1989. As a full-service real estate development organization focused…
Homeownership for the Ages
Rather than exchanging diamonds and pearls to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary, Wanda and Carver decided to purchase a new home. “We were not looking at retirement communities. We have…
Women’s History Month Profiles in Leadership: Julie Porter looks to double DreamKey Partners’ housing portfolio by 2023
The following article was originally posted on NeighborWorks America’s website and written by Madelyn Lazorchak, Communications Writer, NeighborWorks America. Julie Porter grew up as the youngest of nine children. Her…
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership Announces Name Change to DreamKey Partners
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership announced today a change to its name, visual identity and mission, now operating as DreamKey Partners. The change reflects a stronger focus on how the organization helps…
DreamKey Partners celebrates 30 years of transforming Charlotte neighborhoods, countless lives
Nonprofit Continues to Dramatically Expand Housing Options for Low- and Moderate-Income Families CHARLOTTE, N.C., October 18, 2019 – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership (DreamKey Partners) is celebrating 30 years of leadership in…
Nearly $1M Committed to affordable housing In Grier Heights
Myers Park Presbyterian Church, CrossRoads Corporation, Grier Heights Presbyterian Church and Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Give Interest-Free Loan to DreamKey Partners CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 3, 2019 – As the city…
DreamKey Partners Hosts Rehab Blitz in the Druid Hills Neighborhood
Republic Services employees volunteer to build community in one of the Queen City’s historic areas during National NeighborWorks® Week CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 31, 2019 – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership (DreamKey Partners)…
DreamKey Partners Gets $250,000 Grant For Community Stabilization
Funds to increase affordable ownership options and rehab homes in the North End CHARLOTTE, N.C., November 5, 2018 – Republic Services Charitable Foundation selected DreamKey Partners to receive one of…
DreamKey Partners Receives Significant Land Donation For Development In West Charlotte
Marsh Properties donates nearly eight acres for mixed-income affordable housing CHARLOTTE, N.C., October 9, 2018 – Market-rate apartment developer, Marsh Properties Inc. (“Marsh”), donated 7.8 acres to help make the…
What developments in Charlotte were awarded federal tax credits?
A planned affordable multifamily development in southeast Charlotte has been awarded federal tax credits — one of only four in Charlotte to receive the grants in the latest round of…
DreamKey Partners Receives Grant For Veterans Housing
The Home Depot Foundation awards $300,000 to support affordable housing for senior veterans in West Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C., August 1, 2018 – DreamKey Partners has been awarded a $300,000 grant…
Housing Counseling Program Receives City Contract And Other Grants
Many people don’t realize that DreamKey Partners is a non-profit that provides a number of community programs including financial literacy, homebuyer education, digital literacy and property tax relief in…
We Wrote The Book on Homeownership
DreamKey Partners’s Homeownership Center of Charlotte (HCC) is a streamlined educational program that puts first-time homebuyers on the fast track to the best loans and benefits available today.
Prominent black leaders in Charlotte debate how best to fight poverty
In 1963, Harvey Gantt enrolled at Clemson University, breaking the school’s color barrier. Twenty years later, he became Charlotte’s first black mayor and eventually made two high-profile but unsuccessful runs for…
Real Talk About Economic Mobility in Charlotte: A Black Male Perspective
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…
Property Tax Clinics Lessen Financial Burden on Seniors & Disabled Homeowners
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…
Tax Relief Clinic
Are you over 65 or disabled? You could qualify for relief from Mecklenburg County property taxes.
Community Impact Success Story: Diamond Staton-Williams
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…
Charlotte’s losing affordable housing units – what can we do?
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…