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Landlords: Essential Partners in Fighting Homelessness
Written by Community Link intern Blake Allen Every year Community Link houses thousands of homeless people in Charlotte and around our region. We couldn’t do it, however, without the hundreds of...
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At Seventy She is a First-Time Homeowner
No one in Luella Crosby’s family had ever owned a home. From the day she was born seventy years ago up until now she has lived in countless rental homes in Charlotte. The Charlotte native has...
View ArticleForeclosures in Charlotte Mecklenburg
Foreclosure activity is down in our region, but still higher than historic levels. The March 2016 foreclosure rate was 0.71 percent in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA, 0.46 percent in the...
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Making a Change for His Grandkids
Archie with Tamatha (right), his social worker, and Madeline, his housing counselor.Addicted to drugs, and with a criminal record two inches thick, 51-year-old Lucas seemed like a hopeless case. “I...
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Formerly Homeless Veteran Selected to Receive a Car
Most of us take transportation and housing for granted. But for the people we serve in our Homeless to Housing program, routine activities like going to work, buying groceries, or visiting a doctor...
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Marine Veteran’s Widow Keeps Her Home
Verda holds a childhood photo of her late husband, Sonny. Two weeks after his cancer diagnosis Sonny, a Marine veteran from the Vietnam era, pulled out his billfold to show his wife Verda a few...
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From Homelessness to Housing: One Woman’s Story
Dover with her fiance and new born baby, Pamela. (Click image for video) As temporary winter shelters like Room In The Inn close for the season, some are concerned about our homeless neighbors. Amy...
View Article$70 million for affordable housing in Charlotte from three companies: ‘A good...
Three major financial institutions are pledging more than $70 million to fund low-income housing developments in Charlotte, giving a boost to the city’s efforts to keep up with the fast-rising costs of...
View ArticleCould this be the year Charlotte makes real progress to fix its affordable...
Community Link CEO Floyd Davis, Jr. is hopeful after the recent investment into Charlotte’s affordable housing crisis, but poses three questions that need answers as the community tackles the issue....
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