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ONE Wake, a community group advocating for property tax relief, is holding a forum on affordable housing for Raleigh mayoral and city council candidates Thursday.

Early voting is underway for runoffs for two town council seats in Cary plus for the Democratic primary candidate for Wake County sheriff.

This week at the Wake County Board of Commissioners meeting, protest over rising property tax continued, and the board re-renamed the countys biggest library after the historic Black community Oberlin Village.

As Raleigh residents struggle with climbing property taxes, Wake County commissioners are reluctant to commit to a grant program.

Residents Protest Missing Titles and New Contracts in Cary Mobile Home Park Courtesy of Sandra Bueno Epifania Basilio López (second from left) and her young daughter and Rosa Martínez (right) at the Wake County Courthouse in Ocotber of 2019. In 2008, Maria Rodriguez finished paying for the mobile home she lives in at Las Americas, a trailer park near downtown Cary. Five years, thousands of dollars in property taxes, and $2,800 in lawyer’s fees later, she finally obtained the title...

The concern is no longer just about where new residents can find an affordable place to live in Raleigh.