In December 2023, Mecklenburg County Community Support Services  released the 2023 State of Housing Instability & Homelessness (SoHIH) Report, a comprehensive analysis of current data on housing instability and homelessness in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. This report is a crucial tool for ensuring well-informed policy decisions, optimizing resource distribution, and enhancing systems of care. The report delves into three pivotal aspects of the housing continuum—housing instability, homelessness, and stable housing. This is the final blog in a series that has taken a deeper dive into these three aspects of the housing continuum.

This final blog post examines the findings from the third housing continuum component: stable housing. It spotlights key findings related to stable housing and shares information about North Carolina’s forthcoming participation in the Housing and Services Partnership Accelerator  and the promising practice of establishing community land trusts to increase access and availability of stable housing.

In August, United Way of Greater Charlotte (United Way) released the A Home For All Implementation Plan. Building on the priorities identified in the Strategic Framework, the Implementation Plan outlines which priorities to advance first in order to address housing instability and homelessness across the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region. We recently posted a series of blogs examining the initial three pillars of the A Home For All Implementation Plan: People, Prevention, and Production. We have since added a fourth pillar, responding to growing concern about the need to support those experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

This blog provides an overview of the Emergency Response pillar.

Over the past two days, 28 CMPD officers and 35 teams of over 200 community volunteers came together to ensure #EverybodyCountsCLT. Together these dedicated community members facilitated a successful 2024 Point in Time Count by providing logistical support and conducting surveys with people experiencing unsheltered homelessness across Mecklenburg County. Point in Time Count co-leads, Mecklenburg County Community Support Services and Hearts for the Invisible Charlotte Coalition would like to express their sincere gratitude to each person experiencing homelessness who completed the survey and all who engaged in the planning, volunteered their time, provided supplies and financial donations, or raised awareness for this year’s event. The work does not stop here.

This blog provides an overview of the Count, what’s next, and how you can stay involved throughout the year.

The Charlotte homeless response team partnered with Community Solutions to purchase Park at Ferentino, a 216-unit apartment building. Half of the units will be dedicated to veterans exiting homelessness, while the other half will be leased as affordable homes. This resource will help the Charlotte-Mecklenburg homeless response team make progress toward solving veteran homelessness while preserving existing affordable housing.

This blog provides an overview of the project and the anticipated impact for Charlotte-Mecklenburg.

In August, United Way of Greater Charlotte (United Way) released the A Home For All Implementation Plan. Building on the priorities identified in the Strategic Framework, the Implementation Plan outlines which priorities to advance first in order to address housing instability and homelessness across the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. This is the third post in a series of blogs examining the three pillars of the A Home For All Implementation Plan: People, Prevention, and Production. For more information on the People Pillar, click here, and for the Prevention Pillar, click here.
This blog provides an overview of the Production Pillar.