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Hayti residents displeased with the Durham Housing Authority's plans for Fayette Place say long-promised "urban renewal" of the Hayti community can't come soon enough.
In January, the Durham Housing Authority (DHA) released its proposal to build 774 affordable housing units on the property. The ground plan features a variety of building designs.
The group wants city officials to hold a public hearing to allow the community to weigh in on plans for redevelopment of downtown properties.
In the face of an acute affordable housing crisis, and an affordable housing bond that calls for less than six percent of home ownership, officials with Hayti Reborn say DHA’s approach to redevelop Hayti will only reinforce gentrification.
Of more than 1,700 planned residential units, nearly 900 will be priced for residents earning between 30-80 percent of the area median income.