Low-income renters in North Carolina far outnumber affordable housing units

By: Greg Childress

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 642

Last Updated: 20 hours, 55 minutes ago


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There are only 38 affordable and available rental homes — three fewer than last year— for every 100 of North Carolina’s 350,000 extremely low-income households, according to a recent report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

That translates to 133,436 affordable and available rental units for extremely low-income households. There’s a deficit of 215,085 rental units for the state’s most economically vulnerable population, according to the report.

Extremely low-income households are …

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