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Durham is in desperate need of more affordable housing.
On Wednesday morning, a crowd of public officials and community leaders gathered to celebrate Durham’s path toward solving its housing challenge at a groundbreaking for a new affordable housing project coming to downtown Durham.
The site, located in between East Main Street and Liberty Street, previously offered 214 public housing units for rent but will now include 555 new mixed-income apartment units—331 affordable units and 224 market-rate units. A private-public partnership between Durham Housing Authority (DHA) and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is supporting the project.
Adrianne Todman, HUD acting secretary, traveled to Durham to headline the panel of speakers, including Mayor Leonardo Williams and Congresswoman Valerie Foushee, at the groundbreaking ceremony.
In an interview with the INDY, Todman says that HUD has a responsibility to support more affordable housing by making the construction process simpler for municipalities and cutting through the red tape.
“Sometimes, it just takes too long to build affordable housing, and time, sometimes, means more money. There’s some places across the country where if you agree to build affordable housing, you basically jump in the front of the line in terms of some of the permitting process. … Lots of places are looking at ways to just move the momentum of getting things built, even in the face of opposition. So it means a lot to us to work faster and smarter.”
Read what other local leaders had to say about Durham’s housing future here.
—Justin
Durham
Durham County is offering tax relief for low-income homeowners.
Wake
Vice president Kamala Harris will focus on the economy in her speech in Raleigh today.
Orange
The Purple Bowl is planning for its next chapter following its displacement from its original location on West Franklin Street to make way for a new life sciences building.
North Carolina
Gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson alleged without evidence that his opponent Josh Stein’s wife, Anna Stein, is “deeply embedded” in North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services, which is investigating Robinson’s family’s daycare. Stein calls the claim “ridiculous.”
Today’s weather
Mostly clear with a high of 89 degrees.
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