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  • Affordable Housing Effort Gains Ground in Wake
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Across the country there are some 300 community land trusts, a model in which the trust owns the land on which affordable housing is built, sells at a discounted rate to buyers, and the homes remain affordable in perpetuity.

One of those groups is the Raleigh Area Land Trust. Since it was launched seven years ago, RALT has so far sold two homes under its affordable homeownership model.

But now, INDY’s Jane Porter reports, RALT seems to be gaining ground. Last month, RALT and its partners broke ground on the Cottages of Idlewild, an 18-home, affordably-priced cottage court development minutes from downtown Raleigh. The organization is working on two other developments in Apex, and has talked with town staff in Knightdale, Zebulon, Rolesville, Garner, and Cary, Jane reports.

“I think the land trust model gets a lot of attention when prices are spiking pretty significantly,” Kevin Campbell, RALT’s executive director, says. “… Left unchecked, there would soon be, in a couple decades, no affordable housing in Wake and workers would have to live out in other counties. So it’s pretty urgent.”

Read more below about the land trust model and the projects RALT has in the works in Raleigh and Apex.

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Pride: Durham, NC! Organized by the LGBTQ Center of Durham, this year’s theme for Pride, “We Are The Rainbow,” centers ourselves as the ones we have been waiting for in the storms of life, the ones who have the solutions to the problems we face. Together, we can radiantly offer and receive support for our coalitions, environments, and futures. Join us this month as we continue our tradition of celebrating Durham’s LGBTQ+ community and history during the first weekend of the fall season: Fri. Sept 26, Sat. Sept 27, and Sun. Sept 28.

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Reality Bites

In her third PBS show, North Carolina chef and author Vivian Howard calls on experts to help her explore everyday cooking questions, touching on everything from cast irons to cooking oils, INDY’s Lena Geller writes.

Credit: Cliff Hollis for The Assembly

Fading Fandom?

Players change schools every year and old conference rivalries are diminished. As college programs become more professionalized and less regulated, some local sports fans are feeling disillusioned, The Assembly reports.

In Tune

Hopscotch Music Festival is underway. Check out our guide to the acts and other things to do at the festival this weekend.

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NEWS: Popular Duke bus driver Luis Alonso Juárez and his advocates are lobbying North Carolina legislators to intervene in his case before Juárez and other Hondurans lose their protected immigration status and likely their jobs as well, NC Newsline reports.

STATE: People with disabilities are exempt from the new Medicaid work requirement. But advocates warn Trump’s changes to the program will jeopardize their care anyway by hobbling the state’s ability to pay for it, North Carolina Health News reports.

NEWS: Students across Wake County are expected to walk out of class today in protest against gun violence, WRAL reports.

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