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  • Wake Housing Authority Failed to Pay Landlords $1.9M
  • Latino Elected Officials Speak Out on ICE Bills
  • Raleigh’s Fayetteville Street is Getting a Makeover
  • What Happened to Raleigh’s 2017 Transportation Bond?
  • Celebrate Immigrant Communities at Refugee Day
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Good morning, readers.

Nancy Powell and her daughter rent a house in Wendell with help from a housing assistance voucher. Each month, Powell pays her share of the rent directly to her landlord and the Wake County Housing Authority (WCHA) is supposed to pay the other part.

The agency began making late payments last November, according to emails between Powell and her landlord that INDY viewed. The delays grew longer each month: the WCHA’s share of December’s rent didn’t arrive until January 9. January’s rent didn’t come until February 21. By April 7, when the landlord still hadn’t received March or April’s payments, he informed Powell—who was up-to-date on her own payments—that he might have to terminate her lease.

“You’re a good tenant, and we don’t want you to have to move out, but if we can’t get any resolution on this, we are going to have to terminate the lease and ask you to vacate the property by the end of the month,” the landlord wrote to Powell. 

Powell and her landlord are not the only ones who’ve had trouble getting rent payments—and answers—from the WCHA, the federally-funded agency in charge of managing Wake County’s public housing and distributing housing assistance vouchers. Reporting on this story, I learned the agency owes about $1.9 million in unpaid rent to landlords around the county.

Keep reading below, and have a good weekend.

—Chloe

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We’re excited to announce the 46th annual Festival for the Eno. Immerse yourself with live music, a juried craft show, food, and fun on the river. Tickets are on sale now. Don’t miss our amazing lineup of musicians headlined by Dom Flemons, Empire Strikes Brass, Dr. Bacon, and Shirlette Ammons!

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Latino Officials Urge Stein to Veto ICE Bills

Javiera Caballero, a member of the Governor’s Latino Affairs Advisory Council, talked to INDY‘s Justin Laidlaw about bills requiring cooperation with ICE.

Change Is Coming to Fayetteville Street

The City of Raleigh is planning a redesign of the entire corridor “from building face to building face,” INDY’s Jane Porter reports.

What Happened to Raleigh’s $207M Transit Bond?

Chloe Courtney Bohl has the answer in this week’s Ask INDY.

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ICYMI: The city of Durham approved its next budget. Justin Laidlaw has the details on what it means for city services and tax bills.

UNC: WRAL reports the university has seen federal funding cuts to 109 research projects.

OP-ED: Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP could threaten Durham’s free school lunch program, Rev. Kim Moss writes for the INDY.

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  • Saturday is Refugee Day in Durham. Find live music, food, and activities celebrating the cultures of refugee and immigrant communities in Central Park.
  • And while you’re over that way—Manifest Skate Shop is having a cookout (free hotdogs) at the Durham Skate Park. Before you go, read Jane Porter’s recent feature on the fleeting utopia that was the Graveside DIY skatepark.
  • Check out The Time Is Always Now at the North Carolina Museum of Art on Saturday for free, with family-friendly activities. Read our write-up on the exhibit, which explores the Black figure from the perspective of visionary Black artists.
  • How did the guy who plays Chucky Signore on The Sopranos end up working the front desk at Duke’s Brodie Gym? 9th Street Journal has the story. 
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