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Wake County spends $10 million annually on the development and preservation of affordable units

Family homelessness in the U.S. is on the rise in an alarming sign of how the increasing cost of goods, the ever-tightening housing supply and the end of most pandemic-era benefits are putting pressur...

Family homelessness in the U.S. is on the rise in an alarming sign of how the increasing cost of goods, the ever-tightening housing supply and the end of most pandemic-era benefits are putting pressure on Americans.

Family homelessness in the U.S. is on the rise in an alarming sign of how the increasing cost of goods, the ever-tightening housing supply and the end of most pandemic-era benefits are putting pressure on Americans. Some 72,700 people in families with children were experiencing homelessness in 20 of the largest cities in the nation as of January, a 37.6% jump from a year before, according to an analysis of data provided by jurisdictions.

Family homelessness in the US is on the rise in an alarming sign of how the increasing cost of goods, the ever-tightening housing supply and the end of most pandemic-era benefits are putting pressure on Americans.

The county is working to bring hundreds of new affordable housing units to market, with a goal of especially helping baby boomers.

A Wake County program created to boost affordable housing development in a region starved for it may help do so in the Town of Cary.

With housing prices sky high across North Carolina's urban areas, many local governments are increasing funding to government "affordable housing" programs. The latest example came this week, with the Wake County Board of Commissioners unanimously approving another $35 million for affordable housing spending.

FRASER — On Aug. 2, Fraser residents voted to approve a new millage supporting the Fraser Public Library. It will replace a previous millage that has remained unchanged since 1963.

Mial is a solid choice to fill the seat left opened by the retirement of incumbent commissioner Sig Hutchinson, who endorsed Mial in the primary.