Charlotte, North Carolina, Habitat For Humanity Delaying Affordable Housing Project.
The Charlotte (NC) Observer (1/2, Sullivan) reported, "Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte will delay a project that could bring 24 affordable townhomes to northeast Charlotte and focus instead on rehabilitating foreclosed and vacant properties in that area. Neighbors who oppose Habitat's proposal to build the townhomes on a wooded Bingham Drive site have told officials at the nonprofit that acquiring vacant buildings in challenged communities is a better way to increase the area's supply of affordable housing." The Observer also states that Habitat "started rehabilitating homes for economically disadvantaged families in 2007 through its Critical Home Repair program," which is designed to "protect Charlotte's affordable housing stock and prevent homeowners from being displaced."