NC affordable housing | UNC-Chapel Hill’s Carolina Across 100 initiative launches statewide program ‘Our State, Our Homes’ [Video]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched a statewide program to address the housing needs.

According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 30% of NC households struggle to afford their homes or are living in substandard and/or overcrowded housing. For low and moderate-income households, this percentage jumps to nearly 85 percent.

“In surveys and conversations across North Carolina, community leaders have named housing as one of the top challenges they face today,” Anita Brown-Graham, lead coordinator of Carolina Across 100 and ncIMPACT director, said. “Many of these leaders voice concerns that the tight housing market in the state will negatively impact local job creation, retention and productivity.

SEE ALSO | Mount Vernon Baptist Church partners with Durham Habitat for Humanity on home builds

This program — ‘Our State, Our Homes: Partnering to Address Housing Needs’ — is through UNC’s Carolina Across 100 initiative.

According to …