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The median family income in Chapel Hill jumped 22 percent last year. Here’s why this matters for affordable housing.

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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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 […]