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State Data Overview
Across North Carolina, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
North Carolina
Key Facts
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348,518 OR 23%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-215,082
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$31,360
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$56,385
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 132 hours per week or 3.3 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 150 hours per week or 3.7 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Asheville MSA $35.29 Raleigh-Cary MSA $33.65 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News HMFA $32.94 Durham-Chapel Hill HMFA $32.90 Gates County HMFA $32.87 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $19.00 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $17.05 Retail Salespersons $15.50 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $15.44 Fast Food and Counter Workers $14.12 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Kayla Gilchrist
State PartnersNorth Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness
PO Box 27692
Raleigh, NC 27611
P 919-755-4393
www.ncceh.org
Dr. Latonya Agard, Executive Director | [email protected]North Carolina Housing Coalition
3608 University Drive, Suite 203
Durham, NC 27707
P 919-881-0707
F 919-881-0350
www.nchousing.org
Samuel Gunter, Executive Director | [email protected]Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved. Email Sidney Betancourt with any questions.
Current Year HTF Allocation$19,660,977
HTF State Resources2019
Draft 2019 Annual Action Plan, with HTF discussion pages 68-73 (PDF)
Final 2019 Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 73 (PDF)
2018
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Annual Action Plan with HTF on page 46 (PDF)
Appendix J of Qualified Allocation Plan (PDF)
2017
Draft 2017 HTF Allocation Plan, updated August 11, 2017 (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2016
HUD-approved HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan by North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
North Carolina Housing Finance AgencyOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationLindsay Rosenfeld
Policy & Research Analyst
919-578-3602
[email protected]
Bettie Teasley
Policy & Research Team Lead
919-981-2679
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
LIHTC Qualified Allocation Plan, QAP (see Appendix J for HTF)
Plans & Reports -
ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: North Carolina (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: North Carolina (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In North Carolina and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In North Carolina and Nationwide
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