News – The Center for Housing and Community Studies

Goodwill Final Report

Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. and the University of North Carolina Greensboro’s Center for Housing and Community Studies (CHCS) conducted an ambitious community needs assessment across Goodwill’s thirty-one county service area stretching from Cherokee County in the west to Ashe County in the north to Forsyth County in the east. The objective was to learn more about the obstacles...

Congratulations to Will Burnett (CHCS HIT)!

Community is a main motivator for Will Burnett, who recently graduated with his bachelor’s in public health from the Department of Public Health Education. From working as a field data collector with the Center for Housing and Community Studies (CHCS) to interning with the New Arrival Institute, Burnett applied public health principles to make real-world impact in the community — all while maintaining...

Racial Equity in Home Ownership

The Center for Housing and Community Studies convened its latest Housing Hangout today with a look at racially-disparate access to home ownership. Black families face greater obstacles to home ownership – predatory lending, abusive credit scoring, the legacy of redlining, low income. The result: a rate of home ownership that’s as much as twenty-five percentage points lower in Black communities...

Mapping Equitable Communities

GIS for Social Good An address is more than where a person lives and receives mail. Places dictate what kind of opportunities people will have, their access to healthy food, education, jobs, and even how long they will live. Mapping can be a powerful visual aid for people to understand their communities and relationships within it. Maps display where things are located (or not), patterns and trends,...

Get the Lead Out!

Properties built before 1978 often used lead in paint and other building materials. These materials may be hazardous to the health of residents today. The City of Greensboro provides lead paint hazard reduction services at no cost as part of its Lead Safe Housing Program. Lead-Safe Greensboro provides grants to assist owners of single- and multi-family dwellings and rental properties with addressing...

When to call code enforcement

In this session we will hear from Mr. Troy Powell, Code Compliance Division Manager at the City of Greensboro. The Code Compliance Division investigates more than 11,000 properties per year to determine if reported issues violate City of Greensboro’s Code of Ordinances. By ensuring safe, healthy places to live, work and play, the division’s staff helps reduce the risk of declining...

Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Panel

Panel: Homelessness in our Community Dr. Stephen Sills, Professor and Director, The Center for Housing and Community Studies, moderates this community-focused panel of professionals who are working to address homelessness in Greensboro. Speakers include representatives from Tiny Houses Greensboro, The Servant Center, NC Housing Coalition, and more! The panelist contact information and website links...

A discussion on rising evictions amid an affordable housing crisis

ncIMPACT Initiative host Anita Brown-Graham is joined by Sofia Crisp, Michelle Kennedy, and Stephen Sills to talk about the shortage of safe, affordable housing in Guilford County and the high rate of evictions.

Guilford County Vaccine Perspectives

COMMUNITY INVITED TO COMPLETE SURVEY ON PERSPECTIVES OF COVID19 VACCINE Greensboro, NC – The Guilford County Department of Public Health in partnership with the UNC Greensboro Center for Housing and Community Studies have jointly launched am online public survey to help obtain information from residents throughout Guilford County on their perspectives on receiving the COVID19 Vaccine. The survey...