Livable Raleigh is turning up the heat on City Hall, urging leaders this week to put a $200 million affordable housing bond on the fall ballot as the city’s housing crunch tightens. The citizen group argues Raleigh needs a big, voter-approved cash infusion, not a cautious half-measure, and says its proposal would roughly double the bond package city staff has floated. Their plan leans heavily on building new housing along transit corridors while also preserving older, lower-cost apartments that are already hanging by a thread. The pitch has already sparked a brewing fight over whether the council should roll the dice on a one-time, large-scale bond or stick with a smaller, staff-recommended option.
In a detailed set of policy recommendations, Livable Raleigh, a…..