The 2025 Housing Need in North Carolina, courtesy of the North Carolina Housing Coalition, offers data on the cost of housing compared to income and minimum wage in the state.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg State of Housing Instability & Homelessness report provides a single, dedicated compilation of all the latest data on housing instability and homelessness pertaining to Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
In 2014, a Harvard University/University of California, Berkeley study found that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg metro area ranked 50th out of 50 large cities for economic mobility. This means that children born into poverty in Charlotte are very likely to remain in poverty for the rest of their lives.
In response to this study, Charlotte took action. Ten years later, a new study noted significant progress: Charlotte now ranks 38th out of 50.
This shift is due, in large part, to the work of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Economic Opportunity Task Force (and now Leading on Opportunity), which was formed to investigate why the odds of moving out of poverty are so low for children born in our county.
Based on the findings, the task force recommended a plan of action to change this long-standing situation, which includes strategies to promote early care and education, college and career readiness, child and family stability, and social capital – areas that are fundamental to the work we do at Charlotte Family Housing.
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Charlotte, NC 28204