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Will there be regulations on Airbnbs in the near future?

By Sophia Wilhelm | April 8

Short-term rentals are a growing industry throughout the nation, and Orange County is no exception. With almost 300 active Airbnbs and HomeAways in Chapel ...

Chapel Hill needs office space and affordable housing. This deal may help bring both:

By Ares Zerunyan | March 27

Grubb Properties, the owning company of Glen Lennox, a planned community in Chapel Hill, requested an incentive of $2.2 million from the Town to add affordable ...

Local affordable housing group requests funding from Orange County

By Nicholas Emken | March 27

Community Home Trust, a non-profit organization that acquired a Carrboro low-income rental development in 2017, requested $80,000 from the Board of Orange ...

Photo: Towns restoring Bolin Creek (Eliza Williams)

Chapel Hill residents give input for budget development process

By Diane Adame | February 26

The annual budget for the Town of Chapel Hill is a year-round process, with much input being given to achieve a balanced and fair budget for the next ...

Senior housing project on Homestead Road has been in the works for years

By Ares Zerunyan | February 22

The project will be a 190 unit retirement apartment development on just under 16 acres of area.

Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro make plans for the 164 acres bought 35 years ago

By Henry Haney | February 19

Since the purchase, the governments have engaged in little substantive discussion about the land, 104 acres of which are jointly owned and 60 of which ...

Why a potential redevelopment of Tar Heel Mobile Home Park has residents worried

By Diane Adame | February 19

The Tar Heel Mobile Park on the 1200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is potentially undergoing renovations leaving current residents concerned ...

Orange and Durham counties have highest housing discrimination complaints per capita

By Julia Masters | February 10

Evidence of discriminatory policies found in Orange and Durham counties by the N.C. Fair Housing Project sets to provide renters with information regarding ...

An update on the $10 million affordable housing bond Chapel Hill passed in November

By Alice Bennett | February 7

Even though funding for affordable housing in Chapel Hill has increased, access to affordable housing has worsened. Here's an update on how the Town is ...

How should Orange County start addressing the issue of homelessness?

By Andreamarie Efthymiou | February 7

“Finally Visible: A Panel Discussion on Homelessness in Chapel Hill” marks the start of Orange County's mission to continue addressing the issue of ...

There's not enough affordable public housing in Chapel Hill. This program could help:

By Henry Haney | January 20

Chapel Hill is facing an affordable and public housing crisis, but a new program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development aims to help the ...

What's next for Chapel Hill's affordable housing bond?

By Aislinn Antrim | November 14

After the vote to pass Chapel Hill's affordable housing bond, the Town has begun putting efforts into increasing more affordable housing. The Town is ...

Chapel Hill voters approve affordable housing bond

By Danielle Chemtob | November 6

The verdict is in and Chapel Hill has voted for a $10 million bond referendum for the construction of new affordable housing in the town.

Here's what upward mobility looks like in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area

By Michael Taffe | November 1

The Center for Economic Studies released a report last month studying the economic development that people go through from their childhood to their 30s. ...

Tiny homes could have huge impact on Chapel Hill affordable housing

By Jake Richard | October 24

It's old news that Chapel Hill has run into affordable housing issues in the past, but PeeWee Homes is looking to expand its tiny homes project to offer ...

N.C. State is one of the only universities that has surveyed the extent of food insecurity on its campus. Here are the results.

Food insecurity grows for students, and UNC has nothing 'in the works' to study it

By Blake Weaver | October 22

As tuition costs rise, the number of college students facing food and housing insecurity has risen with it.

Activists gather to support Chapel Hill affordable housing bond

By Lyell McMerty | October 21

Activists gathered together and sang Alicia Keys in support of the Affordable Housing Bond, which would provide $10 million dollars in housing.

Learn more about the affordable housing bond referendum on the ballot this year

By Ares Zerunyan | October 16

Residents of the Town of Chapel Hill will vote on a $10 million general bond in November to offer more affordable housing options.

For Chapel Hill's low-income residents, flooding is a constant reality

By Marin Wolf | September 24

In the wake of Hurricane Florence, affordable housing complexes around Chapel Hill were subject to some of the worst flooding. Residents came back to ...