Thank you for joining us for this week’s Housing Call. Please not that we will not have a Housing call next Tuesday, as we will be hosting the Housing Works 2019 Affordable Housing Conference on October 7-8. Pre-registration ends COB on Wednesday, October 2, so be sure to register soon! Our next call will be on Tuesday, October 15 at 9:30am. See below for this week’s call notes and let us know if you have an update you’d like for us to share on our next call:
NC News
Chapel Hill is looking at regulating AirBnB & similar
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/orange-county/article234919907.html
Zoning activity
- Boone: Reviewing over 200 underutilized parcels for residential rezoning
https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/boone-leaders-reviewing-r-r-parcels-for-potential-rezoning/article_0f134262-2b4b-5a9a-8f5f-cac2eeb128fb.html - Nags Head: Last week, Board of Commissioners rejected ordinance to allow for ADU’s; https://www.thecoastlandtimes.com/2019/09/24/nags-head-rejects-accessory-dwelling-units/
QAP 2nd draft released
https://www.nchfa.com/sites/default/files/page_attachments/2020QAPSecondDraft.pdf
SB 316 – Affordable Housing Reporting
https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S316v5.pdf
National News
Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the “Prevent Evictions Act” (S. 2486)
AOC’s rental bill; A Place to Prosper
https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/ajs/place-to-prosper
REPORTS
11% of NC children live in high poverty neighborhoods
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article235391222.html
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