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Board of Commissioners — Affordable Housing Committee

Wake County · Board of Commissioners
Monday, October 5, 2026 at 1:00 pm · Wake County Justice Center

Committee meeting Homelessness and shelterHousing and affordabilityGrants and outside fundingIntergovernmental agreements

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What's on this agenda

Wake County's Affordable Housing Committee meets Monday afternoon at the Justice Center for four homelessness and housing reports. Homeless and Prevention Services presents an impact report on Bridge to Home, the county's program for people in shelter, measured against the years before it began and with interviews by a Duke occupational therapy program. The Continuum of Care reports on Wake at Home, its encampment effort, which has rehoused more than 30 people from its first site. The Continuum also covers about $14.8 million in pending federal and state homelessness grants and plans for about 280 cold-weather shelter beds this winter.

The fourth report is on manufactured housing, which makes up 2.7% of the county's homes. Staff cover how the 12 municipalities zone it and what July's federal ROAD to Housing Act, which drops the permanent-chassis requirement, may change. No votes are scheduled beyond the June minutes.

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Agenda items (8)

Procedural · 3Staff or committee report · 3Minutes approval · 1Presentation · 1
  1. Meeting Called to Order: Committee Chair Tara Waters
    Procedural
  2. 1. Agenda
    Procedural
  3. 2. Approval of the Minutes of the Affordable Housing Committee Meeting of June 22, 2026
    Minutes approval Housing and affordability
  4. 3. New Bridge 2 Home (B2H) Report
    Staff or committee report Homelessness and shelter
    Homeless and Prevention Services presents the Bridge to Home impact report and implementation guide. The program is tied to the county's goal of cutting unsheltered homelessness 10% from 2024 levels by 2029. The study compares results with the years before the program and includes qualitative work by Duke University's occupational therapy doctorate program.
  5. 4. Manufactured Homes Update
    Presentation Housing and affordabilityIntergovernmental agreements
    Staff describe manufactured housing in Wake County: 2.7% of homes, 270 added from 2019 to 2024, and residents with an average income under $40,000. Six of the 12 municipalities allow manufactured home parks in some districts, and two allow them nowhere. The presentation covers the federal ROAD to Housing Act passed in July 2026, which drops the permanent-chassis requirement and reauthorizes PRICE grants for repairing existing communities.
  6. 5. CoC System & Lead Agency Updates
    Staff or committee report Grants and outside fundingHomelessness and shelter
    The Continuum of Care reports pending applications of $6,989,569 for youth homelessness, $7,378,974 in HUD Continuum of Care renewals for 16 projects, and $392,309 in state Emergency Solutions Grants, with awards expected by year end. It also covers White Flag cold-weather shelter planning for about 280 beds and 14 open seats on its governing board.
  7. 6. Wake at Home
    Staff or committee report Homelessness and shelter
    An update on Wake at Home, the effort to close encampments by moving people directly into housing, which has rehoused more than 30 people from its first site. Next steps include defining a rapid exit from shelter and setting up a private fund.
  8. Adjourn
    Procedural

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