Governor Stein signs executive order to increase affordable housing access across North Carolina
The order directs agencies to use data and technology and creates a housing policy adviser as North Carolina faces a shortage of more than 750,000 homes.
- On Tuesday, Governor Josh Stein signed an executive order aimed at boosting housing supply and affordability across North Carolina, appointing Janneke Ratcliffe as senior advisor for housing policy.
- North Carolina faces a projected gap of more than 750,000 housing units by 2029, a shortage Stein described as driven by rapid population growth that disproportionately affects low- and moderate-income households.
- Stein noted that Raleigh residents can only afford 8% of available entry-level homes, while more than 40,000 families wait for subsidized housing and 53% of enlisted families spend more than 30% of their income on housing.
- The order directs state agencies to coordinate housing resources and services with local governments and builders, a framework Ratcliffe said will make it easier to build more affordable housing.
- Don Bryson, CEO of the John Locke Foundation, agreed the state must increase housing production, suggesting that reducing zoning restrictions could provide sustainable affordability even as lawmakers debate property tax caps.
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Gov. Stein signs executive order aimed at increasing housing opportunities and affordability across N.C.
Special to IFN RALEIGH -- Gov. Josh Stein on Tuesday signed an executive order to increase housing opportunities and affordability for all North Carolinians. Executive Order No. 36 directs cabinet agencies to work together to increase housing supply, affordability, and access and to use technology to deliver data-driven solutions. The governor was joined by Schumata Brown,…
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Carolina Coast OnlineStein signs order to tackle NC housing affordability crisis
Gov. Josh Stein signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at addressing the need for more affordable housing, as North Carolina continues to see its population grow at a rapid pace. “You all have heard the expression that if you build it, they will come,” he said at a press conference. “Turns out in North Carolina, if you don’t build it, they will still come. People want to live and work here, but we simply do not have enough homes to meet that…
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