1. Model Neighborhood Indicator: Opportunities for homeownership are available at many income levels.
Standard Service Delivery
- Neighborhood Development offers housing programs, financial assistance and counseling for residents wishing to purchase a home that is affordable.
- Residents can receive rehabilitation loans at below-market rates and/or use the HouseCharlotte Program to purchase a home.
- Residents must meet income criteria to apply.
Responsible / Accountable:
Neighborhood Development 704.336.2175
Neighborhood Associations
What Neighborhoods Can Do:
Inform residents of housing opportunities.
Contact Neighborhood Development for a complete listing of housing programs.
2. Model Neighborhood Indicator: Housing development policies reflect commitment to social equity.
Standard Service Delivery
- Local housing programs provide opportunities for low and moderate-income families to gain access to rental and homeownership units.
Responsible / Accountable:
- Neighborhood Development 704.336.3380
- Charlotte Housing Authority 704.336.5183
- Non-Profit Organization
What Neighborhoods Can Do:
- Organize and partner with non-profit organizations and work with Neighborhood Development on housing development policies to improve local housing stock.
- Access www.socialserve.com to reference information about affordable rental properties.
3. Model Neighborhood Indicator: Dilapidated structures are demolished in a timely manner and ordinances that do not allow property owners to subvert the service process.
Standard Service Delivery
- Inspectors enforce the City's Housing Code.
- All owners are given 60 days to repair homes.
- The Housing Code, pursuant to State statutes, permits owner occupants up to one year to repair a home, while landlords are given up to six months to repair a home.
- Property owners may be fined or taken to Environmental Court for non-compliance.
- City Council can order a house demolished if repair costs are 65 percent greater than the tax value.
Responsible / Accountable:
Neighborhood Development 704.336.3380
Neighborhood Development / Code Enforcement 704.336.2751
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department 704.353.1000
City/County Customer Service 704.336.7600
Neighborhood Associations
What Neighborhoods Can Do:
- Inform residents of what constitutes a City Housing Code violation and how to report possible violations.
- If a housing unit is below the City's Housing Code Standard, Housing Code inspectors may inspect the property through referral by the community police officer or a neighborhood petition signed by five residents stating reasons for inspection.
4. Model Neighborhood Indicator: Policies that support elderly residents' maintaining homeownership.
Standard Service Delivery
- Neighborhood Development provides assistance on low-interest rehabilitative loans to elderly homeowners whose properties violate housing codes.
Responsible / Accountable:
- Neighborhood Development/Housing Services 704.336.3485
- City/County Customer Service 704.336.7600?
What Neighborhoods Can Do:
- Contact Neighborhood Development for low-interest rehabilitation loans.
5. Model Neighborhood Indicator: New housing
styles that reflect the character of the neighborhood.
Standard Service Delivery:
- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission and Neighborhood Development can enter into discussions with potential developers regarding new housing styles.
- These departments work with neighborhoods undergoing revitalization efforts to address this concern.
- Neighborhoods with covenants or historical designation can legally restrict housing styles or newly developed property.
Responsible / Accountable:
- Neighborhood Development 704.336.3101
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Commission 704.336.2205
What Neighborhoods Can Do:
Neighborhood associations can collaborate to develop and enforce restrictive covenants to protect the character of neighborhoods.
