Inside Charlotte's housing crunch
About this episode
The episode discusses Charlotte's housing affordability crisis and how Habitat for Humanity is adapting to meet the challenges of rising land costs and a complex housing market.
As thousands of people move to the region each year, the gap between housing supply and affordability continues to widen, leaving many working families priced out of homeownership. In this episode of The Charlotte Ledger Podcast, Ledger managing editor Ashley Fahey talks with Laura Belcher, president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte region, about how the organization is evolving to meet that challenge. Including a shift away from exclusively doing scattered-site construction to developing entire neighborhoods, Habitat is adapting to rising land costs, changing policy and a housing market that has grown increasingly complex. (After this conversation was recorded, Habitat confirmed Belcher will step down from her role at the end of the year.) In this conversation, they discuss: Why Charlotte’s housing affordability problem has intensified — and why it’s so difficult to solve How population growth, rising interest rates and limited supply are reshaping the housing market Habitat’s shift from building individual homes to developing full neighborhoods How partnerships with private builders are helping expand affordable housing options The role of the Unified…
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