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‘It’s a very difficult market’ | Housing program uses incentives for property owners to help make housing more affordable
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Monetary incentives are provided to rental property homeowners and managers to assist make this occur.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It is a program designed to get homeless folks off the road, by giving monetary incentives and help to rental housing property homeowners and managers.
The North Carolina Coalition to Finish Homelessness (NCCEH) is in search of options by their Housing Connections Initiative, a program launched in 2020 with funding from Blue Cross and Blue Protect of North Carolina’s Wholesome Blue Medicaid plan as a part of the corporate’s ongoing dedication to deal with driving components for well being. Particularly, the funding goals to offer entry to secure and reasonably priced housing.
“It’s a really troublesome marketplace for most folk we’re seeing vital value will increase, 20, probably 30% extra in some areas,” stated Ryan Fehrman, the chief director at NCCEH.
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This system is aimed to alleviate the struggles that include North Carolina’s rising and worsening reasonably priced housing disaster. Advocates say it is is an instance of what could be completed by public-private partnerships and funding. By offering monetary incentives and help to rental housing property homeowners and managers, it goals to make the method of matching tenants with out there models extra seamless, reasonably priced, and steady.
“For a while, I feel landlords have been seen as obstacles to beat, this strategy actually acknowledges landlords as companions we have to have interaction,” Fehrman stated.
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However by partaking landlords with incentives, he argues it helps people who find themselves attempting to begin over.
“Many people who find themselves attempting to exit homelessness may need legal backgrounds or bad credit report or prior evictions, so it actually supplies focused monetary assist to landlords who may be capable to maintain models,” Fehrman stated.
With work from mission-critical non-profit organizations and grassroots engagements all through the state, the Housing Connections Initiative (HCI) has housed greater than 2,300 people, together with over a thousand kids, and supplied almost $1 million to cowl housing prices, together with unit restore and move-in charges, annual renewal incentives, and different monetary must make extra models accessible to extra households all through North Carolina.
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In 2021, they secured housing for 320 households experiencing homelessness by the HousingCLT program, which makes use of monetary assist from a wide range of sources, together with however not restricted to Housing Connections.
Nonetheless, it is only one resolution to the reasonably priced housing disaster.
“Generally people desire a silver bullet, one resolution that’s simply going to work for all the things and housing is just too large and too costly of a difficulty for there to be a silver bullet,” Fehrman stated.
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WCNC Charlotte is a part of seven main media corporations and different native establishments producing I Can’t Afford to Reside Right here, a collaborative reporting undertaking centered on options to the reasonably priced housing disaster in Charlotte. It’s a undertaking of the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, which is supported by the Native Media Challenge, an initiative launched by the Options Journalism Community with assist from the Knight Basis to strengthen and reinvigorate native media ecosystems. See all of our reporting at charlottejournalism.org.
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North Carolina man charged with 9 felonies after shooting at tree crew
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YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — A tree-trimming crew in North Carolina had a harrowing encounter when a man with a criminal record opened fire on them.
This happened near Murphytown in the Green Mountain area of Yancey County. According to a statement from the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office, 36-year-old Lucas Wilson Murphy shot three tree workers while they were clearing trees for a power company.
All three sustained serious injuries. They were taken to a hospital for treatment.
31-year-old Shelby Teague, whose husband Brandon Teague, 32, was part of the five-member crew, is still grappling with the incident. The couple have three children together.
“To have somebody crazy running through the woods is not a risk that you would think about,” she told ABC affiliate WLOS
She is thankful her husband wasn’t hurt, but three of his colleagues were.
“I’m trying not to be angry,” Shelby said. “We could have lost a bunch of good men.”
Authorities said during the exchange, an officer-involved shooting happened. Murphy was injured and taken to a hospital.
Murphy is charged with nine felony counts detailing that he assaulted five crew members with a long rifle with intent to kill.
Previous Criminal History
Shelby is angry Murphy was not in jail for previous charges.
Murphy’s misdemeanors, dating back to 2013, carry little to no jail time. This includes resisting public officers, driving while intoxicated and carrying a concealed weapon.
In 2021, the most serious case where he went to trial involved a charge that he shot and tried to kill his brother.
A law enforcement source who spoke anonymously told WLOS that Murphy’s brother refused to cooperate and minimized what happened.
Because of this, the jury could only find him guilty of assault.
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Amid torrential rains and flooding, 21 North Carolina river sites fail fecal bacteria testing this week
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A group says more than 20 North Carolina river sites failed testing for fecal bacteria this week after several days of torrential rains and nearly a foot of rainfall in some spots.
Leading up to Friday, there were several days of flood warnings and nearly a foot of rain fell in some North Carolina areas — such as Sampson County with 11 inches. Other spots — such as Durham County — received more than 9 inches of rain.
Sound Rivers, a group that monitors more than 50 recreational sites along North Carolina rivers, says that heavy rain can lead to more pollution in rivers.
“Swim Guide results are in, and they definitely reflect the impact all this rain is having on our waterways,” the Sound Rivers group said on Friday.
Full rainfall totals for Central NC for a week ending Friday
Some flood warnings continued this weekend with one still active Saturday along the Tar River at Tarboro in Edgecombe County.
“Remember, more stormwater runoff means more nasty stuff gets washed into the water,” Sound Rivers wrote Friday after 21 North Carolina river sites failed their weekly testing.
In the previous Swim Guide report, just six sites failed.
In the Raleigh area, three sites along the Neuse River failed the week ending July 26, according to Sound Rivers.
Just east of Raleigh in Wake County, these canoe launch sites met water quality standards less than 60 percent of the time: Buffaloe Road, Milburnie Park and Poole Road.
Elevated levels of fecal bacteria in the water can bring an increased risk of gastrointestinal illness and skin infections for pets and humans, Sound Rivers says.
East of the Wake County area along the Neuse River, these seven sites also failed water quality testing:
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Maple Cypress boat ramp in Grifton
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Glenburnie Park
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Town of Bridgton Park
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Upper Broad Creek at Black Beard Sailing Club
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Lawson Creek Park in the New Bern area
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Slocum Creek boating access in Havelock
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Pierce Creek at the Sea Harbor Yacht Club in Oriental
Closer to the North Carolina coast, 11 sites failed the testing along the Tar and Pamlico rivers:
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Sunset Park on the Tar River in Rocky Mount
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Tar River Reservoir in Rocky Mount
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River Road boat ramp on the Tar River in Tarboro
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Town Common on the Tar River in Greenville
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Wildwood Park on the Tar River in Greenville
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Port Terminal on the Tar River in Greenville
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Yankee Hall Road boat ramp on the Tar River at Pactolus
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Mason’s Landing on the Pamlico River in Washington
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Havens Gardens on the Pamlico River in Washington
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Dinah’s Landing just off the Pamlico River at Goose Creek State Park
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Cotton Patch Landing on Blounts Creek just off the Pamlico River
Sound Rivers issues a report on various recreational areas of rivers in North Carolina after testing dozens of recreational sites each week throughout the summer.
The testing by the group includes enterococci bacteria in salt water.
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