CHARLOTTE — A new year in Charlotte marks a new fight to get more affordable housing in the fast-growing city but a city councilwoman said the concern to find people homes is ongoing and could have repercussions.
On Wednesday, 200 more units opened in southeast Charlotte at the Residences at Cedar Creek.
“I’m just so thankful for the community that I’m in today,” said resident Gwendolyn Twiggs. “Good people. Clean. Just enjoying it.”
Twiggs said she experienced homelessness for months after her mother died in 2023.
The opportunity is something she is grateful for.
“Never been through that before,” she said. “Just to have the opportunity today, in my life, to have my own place. It means a lot to me.”
The Charlotte City Council wants to see more stories like hers.
LaWana Mayfield is an at-large member of the council and said there are still tens of thousands of affordable units needed across the city to meet the demand.
She said there will be consequences if those demands are not met.
“If our workers cannot afford to live in the city of Charlotte, we are going to lose that workforce,” Mayfield said. “We have seen other cities that have had a major decline because people have had to leave in order to find employment and because they could not afford to live in that city. We do not want to be that city.”
Mayfield said things like the $100 million bond referendum for affordable housing that recently passed will be a big help but a lot more is needed.
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