Housing and affordability items in Chatham County
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| Housing and affordability | 87 |
| Subdivision and site plans | 37 |
| Land conversion and large development | 16 |
| Appointments and personnel | 8 |
| Rezoning | 6 |
| Budget and appropriations | 4 |
| Health and human services | 4 |
| Comprehensive plan | 3 |
| Environment and sustainability | 3 |
| Tax rate and revaluation | 3 |
| Zoning text amendment | 3 |
| Farmland and open space | 2 |
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Fearrington Property Development asks to rezone seven parcels, about 371.822 acres off Andrews Store Road, Parker Herndon Road and Morris Road in Baldwin Township, from R-1 to CD-CC Conditional District Compact Community.
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Jack Ritchie, for Fearrington Land Holdings, seeks first plat approval for Fearrington Preserve, 574 lots on 365 acres on the same seven parcels as the companion rezoning.
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Stephanie Watkins-Cruz of the North Carolina Housing Coalition on the causes of housing unaffordability, its effects on communities, and the case for local action.Presentation Housing and affordability
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C. Tyler Mulligan of the UNC School of Government on the powers and strategies North Carolina local governments have to address housing affordability.Presentation Housing and affordability
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County housing officer Jamie Andrews reviews the 2023 Affordable Housing Strategic Plan, its goals and the progress made so far.Presentation Housing and affordability
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Staff review the housing programs the county now offers and goals for expanding them.
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The county's emergency housing coordinator on future services, including shallow rent subsidies and rapid rehousing.
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Lee Staton, executive director of the Chatham County Housing Authority, on its status and opportunities to work with the county.Presentation Housing and affordability
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The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee presents a resolution with its policy slate. It asks the county to apply the 2024 development ordinance's affordable housing districts and incentives under the current zoning ordinance, and to allow accessory dwelling units countywide now. It also suggests lower permit fees fo…
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Members of the UNC Our State, Our Homes initiative describe Chatham's participation and their recommendations.Presentation Housing and affordability
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Community Home Trust on land trust models, which keep homes affordable on resale through price restrictions and shared equity.
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26-0499 Receive a presentation on Financing New Housing Development through Scattered Site DevelopmentBrick Capital CDC on financing the purchase, repair and resale of scattered homes to income-qualified buyers.Presentation Housing and affordability
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The UNC Development Finance Initiative on new rental housing through low-income housing tax credits.Presentation Housing and affordability
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DHIC on down payment assistance models for home buyers.Presentation Housing and affordability
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Discussion item Housing and affordability
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26-0503 Close-out and Next StepsClose-out and next steps for the retreat.
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26-0565 Other ResourcesStaff implementation proposals with costs. For fiscal 2028 they suggest a $50,000 shallow rent subsidy pilot for 20 households, a community land trust partner chosen by RFQ, and $175,000 more for the housing trust fund. Later or bond-dependent steps include $300,000 for rapid rehousing, a $500,000 to $1 million line o…
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First plat review for Whispering Creek, 238 lots on 288.6 acres off Bynum Ridge Road, requested by Mark Ashness for Meritage Homes.
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First plat review for Floresta Springs, 83 lots on 157.08 acres off Alex Cockman Road and Elmer Keck Road, requested by Jack Ritchie for Ania Onn LLC.
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First plat review for Fearrington Preserve, 574 lots on 365 acres off Andrews Store Road, Parker Herndon Road and Morris Road, requested by Jack Ritchie for Fearrington Land Holdings.
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A rezoning of about 371.822 acres in Baldwin Township off 724 Andrews Store Road, Parker Herndon Road and Morris Road from residential to conditional district compact community.
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First plat review for Whispering Creek, 238 lots on 288.6 acres off Bynum Ridge Road, requested by Mark Ashness for Meritage Homes.Recommended for approval 7-2, Chiosso and Smith opposed, Andrews recused
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Housing staff from Cary, Chapel Hill and Wake County describe how they address housing supply and what Chatham County might use.
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What the county's recommended 2027 budget carries for housing, from the housing director. A trust fund resolution for the 2028 budget would come in spring 2027.
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The Housing Trust Fund report and the committee's own 2025 report, for adoption.Staff or committee report Housing and affordability
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Staff recommend cancelling the housing retreat scheduled for 28 and 29 September.Staff or committee report Housing and affordability
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Amy Hughes and Drew Falvey appointed to the seats of Sharon Taylor-Gray and Dave Morton; George Cianciolo and Susan Levy reappointed.
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The county housing authority administers vouchers and owns no property. It paid landlords $3.4 million against $2.7 million from HUD in the last fiscal year, spent 116 percent of budget, and has issued no new voucher since July. It held 341 active vouchers in December, about $300,000 a month of federal money. Its own…
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The committee reorganized into three working groups: policy and plan review, housing trust fund development, and bond and funding. Communications and mobile home communities fold into them.Discussion item Housing and affordability
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Fearrington Reserves, the compact community off Andrews Store Road, has revised its affordable housing offer to donating unplatted buildable land for about 72 units, roughly 12 percent of the development, with help on utility connections. An affordable housing retreat for the commissioners is set for September 28 and…
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First plat review for Hickory Mountain Reserve, requested by Meggan DeCandia for JMEST Partner LLC.Recommended for approval 7-3
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First plat review for Webster Farm, requested by Dale Werenko for AF-Bowes LLC.Recommended for approval 6-4
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approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner David Delaney, that a letter of commitment for Beacon Management Corporation from the Housing Trust F…
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Approves a letter of commitment from the county's Housing Trust Fund backing a low-income housing tax credit application by Beacon Management Corporation.Contract or award Housing and affordability
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First plat review for Conservancy Estates, requested by Clay Matthews for Chatham Timber Holdings.Recommended for approval 5-4
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First plat review for Hickory Mountain Reserve, requested by Meggan DeCandia for JMEST Partner LLC.Postponed to the 5 May meeting
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First plat review for Webster Farm, requested by Dale Werenko for AF-Bowes LLC.Postponed 7-2
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The Board appoints four members to the Affordable Housing Committee.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Chair Amanda Robertson, seconded by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, to appoint the District 2 Recommended member Andrew Falvey with term expiring February 28,…
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County staff present Chatham County's 2026 legislative priorities to the state delegation.
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Consent grants final plat approval to SRE NC Landco, LLC, on behalf of True Homes, LLC, for Parks at Meadowview Phase 2B, 131 lots on 24.675 acres off Parks Meadow Drive (SR-1680).approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Karen Howard, that a request by SRE NC Landco, LLC on behalf of True Homes, LLC for subdivision Final…
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First plat review for Bramblewood, requested by Clay Matthews for Greenfield BW LLC.Recommended for approval 9-0
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Final plat review for Parks at Meadowview Phase 2B off Parks Meadow Drive, requested by SRE NC Landco for True Homes.Approved 10-1
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Presentation Housing and affordability
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The Board discusses affordable housing retreat planning, with the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee expected to have a quorum present.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.Discussion item Housing and affordability
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The board approved recommended Fiscal Year 2026 Housing Trust Fund awards and supplementary loan funds to support affordable housing projects in the county.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the recommended Housing Trust Fund awards for Fiscal Year 2026 and the supplementary lo…
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Staff presented on the Compact Communities Ordinance waiver provision and the board gave direction on processing future waiver requests.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.Discussion item Housing and affordability
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First plat review for Pine Tree Creek, requested by Chad Abbott for Ricky Spoon and Julian and Jayne Clark.Recommended for approval 9-2, Chiosso and Levy opposed
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The board approved a fee-in-lieu agreement for the affordable housing element of the Vickers Village development.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, to approve a Fee In Lieu Of Agreement for the Affordable Housing Element of the Vickers Vill…
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The board revised the phasing schedule for the Vickers Village conditional district compact community development off US 15-501 North and Jack Bennett Road.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, to adopt 25-75 Resolution and approve an Ordinance for a revision to an approved CD-CC (…
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The board approved a 24-month extension of the first plat development schedule for the 183-lot Vickers Village project.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Robertson, that the request by Warren Mitchell, P.E. on behalf of Vickers Bennett Group, LLC for twenty-four…
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Staff briefed the board on the county's affordable-housing commitments tied to the Vickers Village development; received without a vote.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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First plat review requested by Chad Abbott for Ricky Spoon and Julian and Jayne Clark.
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A twelve-month extension of the development schedule requested by Warren Mitchell for Vickers Bennett Group.Approved 10-0 on consent
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First plat review requested by Clay Matthews for Land Alternatives in Cape Fear Township.Recommended for approval 10-0
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Final plat review requested by SRE NC Landco for True Homes, off Parks Meadow Drive.Approved 10-0 on consent
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First plat review requested by Sam Nye for Patrick Parekh, a gated community on wells and septic, tabled from July.Recommended for approval 8-1; Smith opposed, Mayer abstaining
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First plat review requested by Charles P. Koch for Crown Estate Holdings.Recommended for approval 6-3; Smith, Chiosso and Powers opposed, Mayer abstaining
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received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.Presentation Housing and affordability
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approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Robertson, that the following terms on the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee: District 1 - Gail Friedman - 2/28/…
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Preliminary plat revision and final plat review requested by Robb Harrison for Fitch Creations, off Millcroft.Approved 10-0 on consent
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First plat review requested by Ashton Smith for Gilberto Lopez-Ponce, with three conditions including a soils scientist before the final plat.Recommended for approval 10-1, Andrews opposed
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First plat review requested by Sam Nye for Patrick Parekh, with questions about the school bus stop, an oak-hickory forest, construction traffic on TC Justice Road and the buffer on Dry Creek.Tabled to the August meeting 10-1, Mayer opposed
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The program pays up to $500 to qualifying low-income homeowners out of $200,000 allocated. As of June 9, 84 had applied, 76 were approved and $34,159 was paid. The board raised the income ceiling from 60 percent to 80 percent of area median income and dropped the bar on applicants already receiving another tax break.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, to change to the Area Median Income (AMI) from 60% to 80% on the Chatham County Low Income T…
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Berrybrook Crossing at Strowd Farm conservation subdivision, 188 lots on 232 acres off US 15-501 and Mt. Gilead Church Road.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, that the request by Clay Matthews on behalf of Fuller Land & Development for subdivision Fir…
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25-0322 Vote to appoint one member to the Chatham County Housing Authority Board or readvertise the vacancyLourdes Yanes Reefer was appointed to the Housing Authority after an earlier appointee declined, with a term expiring December 30, 2025.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, to appoint Lourdes Yanes Reefer to the Chatham County Housing Authority with a term expiring…
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Three members appointed to the Housing Authority and two reappointed.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, to appoint Deepa Sanyal with a term ending 12/30/2025, Sharon Taylor Gray with a term e…
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VIII.1 First Plat: Berrybrook Crossing at Strowd Farm conservation subdivision, 188 lots on 232 acresFirst plat review requested by Clay Matthews for Fuller Land & Development, off US 15-501 and Mt. Gilead Church Road, preserving 41.5 percent as conservation space against a 40 percent requirement.Recommended for approval 10-0
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adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, that Resolution 25-20 approving the March 2025 Housing Trust Fund recommendations from t…Proclamation or recognition Housing and affordability
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25-0101 Receive the Annual Report from the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for the Calendar Year 2024The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee's annual report for 2024.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.Staff or committee report Housing and affordability
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Lincoln Frye appointed as the District 5 member of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, from a field of eleven applicants.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, to appoint Lincoln Frye as the District 5 member to the Affordable Housing Advisory Com…
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Restoring local downzoning authority, farmland preservation, more childcare funding, and affordable housing, after a 2024 that finished the county's broadband access work.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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Chatham Park's update on its North Village and South Village development plans.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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A revision to the development schedule for phase one of The Conservancy at Jordan Lake, cutting it from 322 lots to 163 and removing the fixed lot counts per phase.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the request by Nicolas P. Robinson, Attorney on behalf of The Conservancy Re…
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$150,000 from the housing trust fund to Rebuilding Together of the Triangle, a second round of the trust fund process, and $10,000 for a strategic housing effort. The fund runs on property and sales tax revenue, making low-interest loans and modest grants for new and existing affordable housing.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, award $150,000 for Rebuilding Together of the Triangle, authorize the use of $10,000 for str…
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A property tax relief program paying qualifying low-income homeowners up to $500 directly, out of the $200,000 the board allocated the year before, with the potential to reach 400 households a year.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, that the the Tax Relief Program was approved. The motion carried by the following vote:
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A request by counsel for The Conservancy Real Estate Group to cut phase one from 322 lots to 163 and remove the per-phase lot counts from the development schedule, off Old US 1.Recommended for approval 5-1, Colbert opposed
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A sketch plan revision and preliminary plat review requested by Van Finch for Fitch Creations, off Millcroft.Approved with the agenda
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First plat review requested by Chad Abbott for Seaforth Road LLC, with staff recommending the Wayman AME Church cemetery be protected from site development.Recommended for approval 8-0
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First plat review requested by Douglas Cooper for Hamlets Reserve LLC.Recommended for approval 5-3; Smith, Haddix and Colbert opposed
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The last open questions on the Unified Development Ordinance before adoption: open space density, general use and conditional districts, and affordable housing, worked through with the consultants from the Planning Board's motions and staff input, with modeled scenarios on two real sites.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed
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VI.1 Evaluate the draft Unified Development Ordinance and recommend whether the commissioners adopt itThe consultant's presentation and the board's own review, taken as a series of votes on concerns to attach to its recommendation: staffing, open space enforcement, cross references, notice, sliding scale density, climate change in the design principles, a safeguard against state preemption, and riparian footpaths.Recommended for approval in principle 7-1, Smith opposed, subject to the attached list; consistency statement 7-1
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Final plat review requested by Van Finch for Fitch Creations, off Millcroft.Approved 8-0 on consent
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First plat review requested by Jeff Foster for Maurice Nunn.Recommended for approval 8-0
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The second half of the same request, in Baldwin Township. The board found it inconsistent with the comprehensive plan and said the compact community zoning already in place is the better designation for the area, noting the open space and tax revenue the change would cost.Recommended for denial 8-0; inconsistency statement 8-0
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