Title
Sale of City-Owned Property for Affordable Housing
Action
Action:
A. Adopt a resolution approving the sale of the following city-owned properties to Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region for $1.00 for the development of affordable, for-sale housing units:
* 1727 Pegram Street (parcel identification number 081-147-08, approximately 0.2 acres) in Council District 1,
* 1809 Taylor Avenue (parcel identification number 069-125-66, approximately 0.27 acres) in Council District 2,
* 2610 Dundeen Street (parcel identification number 069-062-42, approximately 0.15 acres) in Council District 2,
* 429 Coxe Avenue (parcel identification number 071-105-50, approximately 0.168 acres) in Council District 2, and
B. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and execute all documents necessary to complete the sale of the property.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Rebecca Hefner, Housing and Neighborhood Services
Warren Wooten, Housing and Neighborhood Services
Greg Crawford, General Services
Explanation
* The city proposes to sell four city-owned in-fill properties to Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region (Habitat) for $1.00 for the development of affordable for-sale homes as part of the Housing Innovation Challenge (Program), a two-year national design-build competition to develop scalable solutions to affordable homeownership by demonstrating new approaches to reducing housing construction costs, sustainable practices, and improved affordable housing accessibility.
* Construction of the homes will be undertaken by Program finalists (university teams and their build partners) which will be announced during the Housing Innovation Summit, the Program's national launch event planned to occur in Charlotte from May 19 through 21, 2026.
* Each home will be built using various residential construction innovations such as fabrication using industrialized, hybrid offsite, or other innovative methods to deliver high design quality, affordability, and rep...
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