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Some Charlotte City Council members continue to have second thoughts about the elimination single-family zoning in Charlotte, nearly six months after the new ordinance took effect.
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Last year, the City Council overturned a long-standing zoning category that designated most neighborhoods only for single-family homes. It’s meant to ease Charlotte’s tight housing market by making it easier for developers to build more types of housing — especially duplexes and triplexes. Last month, council members narrowly voted to revisit the issue.
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Aaron Houck of UNC Charlotte's Urban Institute joins WFAE's Nick de la Canal to discuss how making it easier for developers to build multi-family housing could help Charlotte's affordable housing crisis.
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A big factor in Mecklenburg County's affordable housing crisis is simple economics: The population is growing faster than the housing supply. To some…
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In Charlotte, 84% of residential land is zoned for single-family homes. City planners here have tossed around the idea of opening those neighborhoods up…
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Protest petitions are a major way citizens can object to zoning changes in their neighborhoods. The North Carolina Senate has tentatively approved a…
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A bill which could change the way your neighborhood looks has made its way to Governor Pat McCrory’s desk.Under current law, cities and towns can use…
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Complaints from animal rescue operations – and from their neighbors – have prompted the Charlotte city manager to have staff look into the current zoning…
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One of Charlotte's fastest growing evangelical congregations is moving north – and south.Elevation Church got approval from the town of Cornelius last…