Category: Affordable Housing
Building the Dream: Charlotte | TheHill
From https://thehill.com/event/476923-building-the-dream-charlotte Rising home prices, lending restrictions, stagnant wages, and a growing burden of debt have made homeownership financially unattainable for many prospective buyers. Cities across the country — including ones as vibrant as Charlotte, N.C. — continue to struggle with how to open the doors to homeownership to more of their residents while ensuring sound fiscal policies and practices. Home to a number … Read More Building the Dream: Charlotte | TheHill
Can a $125 million plan kick-start the solution to Charlotte’s affordable-housing problem?
Charlotte is making its first community wide effort to tackle a severe shortage in affordable housing. The short-term goal still leaves the city far behind the need. Read the full Charlotte Business Journal Article.
PUBLIC GOOD: Building Neighborhoods to Create Opportunity
I am extremely humbled yet honored to be featured as a UNC Charlotte featured alum. I sat down with my alma mater to discuss how affordable house impacts our communities. As a little girl, Pam Wideman ’06 MPA spent hours assembling jigsaw puzzles. She loved watching the full picture emerge from all the little pieces. Now, as director of Housing and Neighborhood Services for the city of Charlotte, Wideman … Read More PUBLIC GOOD: Building Neighborhoods to Create Opportunity
What is Affordable Housing?
Charlotte resident, Linda Mendez, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership President Julie Porter and City of Charlotte Housing and Neighborhood Services Director Pam Wideman were featured on the City of Charlotte‘s Around the Crown Podcast to discuss the current need in Charlotte for affordable housing, where we are in meeting our target goals and who are the real people in need. Listen below
Pamela Wideman 