A two-thirds-acre plot of city-owned land at 15 Summit Avenue in Raleigh is set to become a permanent home for veterans who have struggled to keep stable housing, with 10 small homes planned around a shared pavilion for laundry and community gatherings. The project, still in the planning and permitting stage, is aiming for a Veterans Day 2027 opening, and organizers hope it becomes the first of many such developments in the city.
The village is a partnership between Operation Coming Home and CASA, according to The News & Observer. Operation Coming Home, a nonprofit initiative of the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County and the U.S. Veterans Corps, has traditionally built custom homes for individual combat-wounded veterans, while CASA is a Triangle nonprofit that develops affordable rental housing. Founded in 2007, Operation Coming Home had constructed and donated 29 mortgage-free “Hero Homes” for wounded service members through late 2025, according to the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County, a track record that the Raleigh project extends into permanent multi-unit supportive housing.
CASA, established in 1992 out of a Wake County mental health program, now owns and manages nearly 700 affordable rental units across the Triangle, including Hull’s Landing, a dedicated veteran housing community near WakeMed in Raleigh, according to CASA. The nonprofit’s residents typically pay about 30% of their income toward rent while receiving wrap-around case management, the same model planned for the Summit Avenue site.
How the City Cleared the Way
Getting to this point took years of municipal groundwork. The city originally issued a request for proposals for the 0.67-acre site in May 2023 that drew only one submission, prompting Raleigh to reissue the call in December 2024. In April 2025, city staff recommended CASA’s cottage-court tiny-home proposal over three competing bids for the parcel, per city records…