Demand for affordable housing in Greensboro is high, yet, the aging and substandard housing stock does not meet the demand leading to a crisis. Unfortunately, as we have seen the private investment market cannot take care of all the needs for affordable house in Greensboro. It takes public-private partnerships. We … Continued
April Richard, with the Greensboro Housing Coalition, discusses the link between pests and respiratory illness that can affect your neighborhood.
Gene Brown with Community Housing Solutions discusses the community benefits of investing in safe homes for aging in place.
Local Pediatric Asthma Specialist, Dr. Bratton, discusses the ways in which substandard housing effects asthma in children.
Eight members of the Habitat chapter at UNCG gathered together on Saturday, Sept. 24th to frame walls and place roof trusses up for a new home. Habitat is a new chapter at UNCG sponsored by the Center for Housing and Community Studies. Francheska Elliott, one of the Habitat Chapter members … Continued
Greensboro named one of 50 Invest Health FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Dr. Stephen J. Sills, Director of the UNCG Center for Housing and Community Studies, 336.944.6145, [email protected] Greensboro named one of 50 Invest Health cities by Reinvestment Fund and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Greensboro to join innovative, national program to improve health in … Continued
Rachel Ryding, Research Assistant Vacant and abandoned properties are often indicative of economic distress and disinvestment in a neighborhood. Their existence presents a complex set of problems for the surrounding community, including increased crime rates, greater incidences of asthma, and decreased property values. Additionally, the presence of vacant spaces increases … Continued
Joyce Clapp, CHCS Research Associate at the Southern Sociological Society Social change has proven rarely to be a neat and orderly process of evolution, especially as it concerns civil and human rights. This paper observes the recent changes and challenges of LGBTQ housing equality in the United States. According to … Continued
Core City area, High Point NC This project was developed to provide data for prioritizing redevelopment and revitalization for the Core City area of the City of High Point, and focused on three interrelated facets of housing in the Core City: the physical state of housing; the socio‐demographic condition of … Continued
The proposal for this project was developed by CHCS in response to a request by Community Housing Solutions. The project involved conducting a housing conditions survey and background study of Woodmere Park Neighborhood (census tract 127.05) in Greensboro NC for the purposes of providing data for prioritizing selection of properties … Continued