Affordable housing is a challenge for our community. From 3rd Ward to Berewick, from Ballantyne to Ayrsley, people have concerns about where affordable housing is being built and how decisions are made about its location.
If you would like to discuss your position on affordable housing with others, please join us for an interactive community dialogue – “Can We Talk About Affordable Housing: Fears, Facts and the Future?” on either:
7:00 PM, Thursday, June 24, 2010
Harrison United Methodist
15008 Lancaster Highway
Pineville, NC 28277
7:00 PM, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Covenant Presbyterian Church
1000 East Morehead
Charlotte, NC 28204
Welcome
James Mitchell, City Council, District 2
Chair – Housing & Neighborhood Development Committee
Moderators Moderators
Warren Cooksey, City Council, District 7 Brian Collier, Senior VP, Foundation for The Carolinas
Vi Alexander Lyles, The Lee Institute Vi Alexander Lyles, The Lee Institute
Panelists Panelists
Debra Campbell, C-M Planning Director Debra Campbell, C-M Planning Director
Ned Curran, President, The Bissell Companies David Jones, Attorney, K&L Gates
Rodney Sadler, Professor, Union Seminary Judy Schindler, Senior Rabbi, Temple Beth El
Concerns and questions to be addressed at both dialogues include:
• What is “affordable housing?” How does it differ from “public housing?”
• Who determines where affordable housing is located in Charlotte-Mecklenburg? What rights do neighborhoods and individuals have?
• What impact will affordable housing have on my property values? Will it change the demographics of my neighborhood?
• What moral and ethical issues are raised as we make decisions about affordable housing? Citizen feedback from these dialogues will be shared with the City Council, Neighborhood and Business Services and the Charlotte Housing Authority. To RSVP for one or both events, please contact Renee Thompson at 704.336.2424 or rthompson@ci.charlotte.nc.us.
• Who determines where affordable housing is located in Charlotte-Mecklenburg? What rights do neighborhoods and individuals have?
• What impact will affordable housing have on my property values? Will it change the demographics of my neighborhood?
• What moral and ethical issues are raised as we make decisions about affordable housing? Citizen feedback from these dialogues will be shared with the City Council, Neighborhood and Business Services and the Charlotte Housing Authority. To RSVP for one or both events, please contact Renee Thompson at 704.336.2424 or rthompson@ci.charlotte.nc.us.
