City stops future Heal Charlotte funding over audit issues
Friday, October 24, 2025 | WCNC Charlotte, Nate Morabito
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Six months after Heal Charlotte‘s taxpayer-backed temporary housing program at a former Sugar Creek area motel ended, the city of Charlotte has warned that, for now, the organization cannot receive any additional money. Public records show, leading up to that decision, the city flagged accounting concerns tied to the $2.25 million in American Rescue Plan Act money the nonprofit received for the project at the former Baymont Inn.
Documents suggest Heal Charlotte has failed to meet its federal and contractual obligations. Founder Greg Jackson disputes that assessment, but told WCNC Charlotte he’s remained transparent with the city throughout this process.
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Amid Charlotte’s affordable housing crisis, corporate landlords grow single-family home market share
Monday, October 6, 2025 | WCNC Charlotte, Walker Lawson
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — The competition for homes in Charlotte is intensifying — and more and more, it’s not between families. It’s between families and corporations.
A new study from UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute shows corporate landlords now own roughly 7.5% of single-family homes in Mecklenburg County — a 65% increase in market share from 2019 to 2023.
“Corporate landlords have uprated a large space within the discussion on affordable housing and the housing crisis,” Eric Moore, senior research associate at UNC Charlotte, who led the study, said.
By the end of 2023, researchers found more than 5,800 corporations owned single-family homes across the county, many clustered in central Mecklenburg.
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