On Monday, the Raleigh Area Land Trust (RALT), in partnership with Raleigh Raised Development and the City of Raleigh, officially broke ground on the Cottages of Idlewild, the city’s first permanently affordable cottage court community.
Located in the historically Black neighborhood of Idlewild—the first area in Raleigh where formerly enslaved people could own land—the project will offer 18 homes to individuals and families earning between 30% to 80% of the area’s median income.
The driving force behind this landmark development is LeVelle Moton, co-founder of Raleigh Raised Development and head men’s basketball coach at North Carolina Central University…