Durham’s Villages of Hayti redevelopment to honor the past with affordable housing

By: Greg Childress

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: May 15, 2026

Words: 1,207

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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The Durham Housing Authority (DHA) broke ground this week on Villages of Hayti, a long-awaited affordable housing project that will include 252 affordable housing units in the historic Black Hayti community.

The site’s redevelopment has been a long time coming, as several speakers acknowledged during a sentimentally charged groundbreaking attended by more than 300 people and lasting more than two hours.

Decades of long and sometimes contentious debate over redeveloping the old Fayette Place site …

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