NC Newsline – Longtime affordable housing allies in Orange County are at odds over a 75-unit townhouse development in Hillsborough that one side contends prices out low- and modest-income African American families.
The disagreement pits Habitat For Humanity of Orange County against four pastors — including two from influential, predominately white churches in Chapel Hill — who are concerned about Habitat’s decision to require a $61,100 minimum income to be eligible to purchase one of 75 townhomes planned for Auman Village.
The pastors said Habitat’s decision has put them in an “awkward position.”…