Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its 2023 numbers for the Median Family Income for the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area. In 2022, the median family income was $95,500, which means that the typical family in our area made just under six figures. But as of Monday, the median […]
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The Planning Commission Supports the Housing Choices Proposal
On Tuesday night, the Housing Choices proposal made its way to the Planning Commission, an important step before the proposal goes back to Town Council for a hearing on May 24. If you regularly read read the Blog Blog, you are probably familiar with the evolution of the proposal (or perhaps you attended one of […]
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Chapel Hill’s aging housing stock is a challenge. And an opportunity.
Earlier this week The Guardian published an article on the transformation of some of Durham’s naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) into million dollar McMansions. The article does a good job of pointing out that there is a huge inflow of demand – Durham has grown by 20% since 2010, driven by the boom of good […]
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There has been a 32% decrease in Black homeownership in Chapel Hill since 2010, and other things we learned this week
We read a lot of slide decks that both towns put up on their website, and they often contain really interesting facts or statistics that don’t surface widely. So we’re starting a new feature: interesting slides we found recently. 1. Housing challenges in Chapel Hill In April, Chapel Hill’s Town Council received an update on […]
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Chapel Hill’s historic district commission contemplates Chapel Hill’s future
The Chapel Hill Historic District Commission (HDC) focuses on the tiny details. If you’ve been to a meeting, you know that it’s an opportunity to spend an evening futzing over the minutiae of fence heights and lighting elements and window trim with people who have the authority to force you to spend tens of thousands […]
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Anti-renter bias in Chapel Hill
Below, a letter reprinted from one of Triangle Blog Blog’s contributors to the Chapel Hill Town Council. Dear Town Council Members, I would like to thank you, and your predecessors, for allowing my home to be built in the Blue Hill district. On a graduate student stipend, I am able to live within a ten […]