Why It Matters
Having heard a desire from our stakeholders to be bold and take a stand on issues to maximize our impact and fully utilize our role as a convener and community leader, we have identified housing affordability as a key issue in our region and one in which a community foundation is uniquely suited to support with grantmaking, impact investing, advocacy, convening, and more.
As we take this step into community leadership on housing affordability, we will be intentional in listening, learning, and understanding where we can best utilize our unique assets, skills, and relationships to address issues across the housing affordability spectrum. We will partner with strong nonprofits, fellow funders, and others who bring expertise and complementary resources, and strategically deploy assets in support of key issues.
Everyone deserves a stable place to call home in a neighborhood that is safe and close to where they work, go to school, or find community, and yet for many in our community that reality is out of reach:
1. https://www.durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/56107/2024_PITHIC_Report
2. https://wakenc507.org/point-in-time-count-2024/
3. https://ncceh.org/data-research-publications/
4. https://www.ocpehnc.com/_files/ugd/52554b_5b54cc9319bc40d08ffc5616366b2bf9.pdf
5. https://nlihc.org/gap/state/NC
6. https://nlihc.org/oor/state/nc
7. https://carolinademography.cpc.unc.edu/2022/03/16/affordable-housing-in-wake-county-nc/
What We're Doing
CONVENING
Spring 2025: Hosting four county convenings followed by a regional gathering to understand the nuances of housing affordability in communities across the Triangle and begin to strategize.
Spring 2026: Host What Matters: Housing Affordability, bringing together hundreds of community members from across the Triangle to learn about and be inspired to take action on this issue.
INVESTING
Spring 2025: Launching our inaugural discretionary grant program addressing housing affordability, committing $250,000 in grants to +/-10 nonprofit organizations across the Triangle.
2025-2026: Identifying and testing opportunities to deploy assets through impact and program-related investments to support housing affordability initiatives.
