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E Main/Elizabeth Street

Durham Housing Authority (DHA) and the City of Durham together have begun the revitalization of the former 519 East Main + Liberty Street Apartments east of downtown. The process started in November, with Phase I demolition of eight buildings in the Liber...

JJ Henderson Grand Reopening

In October, the completed renovation of JJ Henderson Apartments marked a new milestone for Forever Home, Durham program, bringing improved affordable housing options to downtown residents. 

Located at 807 S. Duke St., the age-restricted, 62-and-ol...

Willard Street NCHFA Housing Excellence Award

In September 2022, Willard Street Apartments, an affordable mixed-use apartment community in downtown Durham, received North Carolina’s top award for excellence in affordable housing. The recognition was part of the 2022 Housing North Carolina Awards pres...

Durham Housing Authority & City Receive $40 Million Choice Neighborhoods Grant

The Durham Housing Authority (DHA) together with the City of Durham announce that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has selected Durham to receive $40M in Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) Grant funding. CNI Grants support...

The Joyce

The Durham Housing Authority and development partner Laurel Street Residential recently marked the halfway point in the construction of The Joyce, a new, affordable housing complex for seniors on S. Duke St. near downtown Durham.

Supported by City of Durha...

Harriet Tubman YWCA

Opened in 1953, the historic Harriet Tubman YWCA in Durham has served as a residence for student nurses and a community hub for education, events and organizing, especially during the Civil Rights Movement. After closing in the mid-1970s the building fell...

Construction Training Program Provides Jobs and Supports Affordable Housing

A new partnership will allow us to help train low-income residents for jobs in the construction industry as well as provide assistance for our affordable housing efforts. The City Council has approved an agreement with the North Carolina Home Builders Ass...

Fairhaven Walk Affordable Housing Project to Become a Reality

The 192-unit Fairhaven Walk affordable housing project will become a reality – thanks to gap financing that we’ll be providing through affordable housing bond funds. The approximately $3.3 million that we’re committing toward the development of Fairhaven ...

Sandy Ridge Station Affordable Housing Project

Funding from our Forever Home, Durham program will help support the development of another affordable housing project on Old Oxford Road. This project – called Sandy Ridge Station – will be a 132-unit development located at 835 to 903 Old Oxford Road. One...

Preserving and Sustaining Tenancy

Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income residents to stop illegal evictions, save homes from foreclosure, and fight against housing discrimination in order to ensure e...

Inspiring Hope During a Crisis

With a mission to empower self-reliance and inspire hope, Volunteers of America (VOA) is a critical partner in meeting the goals of preventing and ending homelessness in Durham. Supported by funding from the Forever Home, Durham program, VOA partners with...

New City of Durham Down Payment Assistance Program Accepting Applications March 28

Up to $20,000 Available for Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance

Durham residents who are in the market to buy their first home will soon be able to apply for up to $20,000 for down payment and closing cost assistance from a new City of Durham program....

Willard Street Welcomes Residents Home

Willard Street Apartments has set a new standard for affordable housing in Durham, North Carolina. Watch this video to learn about the Forever Home, Durham community partnerships that made it possible and the impact it has made on residents. 

Forever Home, Durham Partners Celebrate Groundbreaking at JJ Henderson

In August 2021, Durham community partners Durham Housing Authority and Laurel Street residential development came together to mark the official groundbreaking of JJ Henderson Senior Campus new construction. 

Located in the parking lot of the exist...

Renewed Security Brings Peace to Resident

Andrea Gatewood, a long time Durham resident, started to feel as if people stopped caring about the community where she had spent the past 15 years. Through Forever Home, Durham she was able to regain a sense of neighborhood pride and security when she mo...

Mayor Schewel’s 2021 State of the City Video 3: Affordable Housing Efforts in Durham

Mayor Steve Schewel delivered his annual State of the City Address in several videos. In this one, he discussed affordable housing efforts in Durham.

Restorations Breathe New Life Into Home

Vickie Henderson, 69, has lived in her house on Wellons Drive for 23 years. When a co-worker told her there was a program through Habitat for Humanity providing home improvements for senior citizens who qualified, she immediately applied. After she was ac...

CityLife: City Staff Discusses Affordable Housing Bond Referendum

When you go to the polls on November 5, one of the items you’ll be voting on is a $95 million bond for affordable housing. In this new City Life episode, City of Durham Community Development Department Director Reginald Johnson and Assistant Dir...

Durham Voters Approve $95M Affordable Housing Bond

Voters in Durham overwhelmingly approved the city’s $95 million affordable housing bond, now the largest housing bond in North Carolina history. Some Durham leaders have called the lack of affordable housing in the city a crisis, with the median...

CityLife: Affordable Housing Investment Program Update

With the passage of the $95 million affordable housing bond in November 2019, voters made a commitment to making affordable housing a priority for all city residents. That money is being combined with other local and federal funding for a total of $160 mi...