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‘Missing middle’ housing plan in Montgomery County faces backlash (Washington Post)

National Housing Crisis Masks Severe Rental Shortages (The Daily Upside)

Triad apartment boom continues as Retreat at 68 adds four buildings in $36M expansion (Triad Business Journal)

Winston-Salem and its suburbs dominate Triad’s top 5 hottest housing markets in Q2 (Triad Business Journal)

Mapped: Health Insurance as a Share of Median Income by U.S. State (Visual Capitalist)

We Are Multifamily: Drucker & Falk’s Third Annual Clean-Up Initiative (AANC)

North Carolina’s “housing wage” is up nearly $2 since 2024 (NC Newsline)

Nonprofit to convert former east Asheville hotel into housing for homeless veterans (WLOS)

The first ABC store opened 90 years ago. Why does North Carolina still have them? (North Carolina Rabbit Hole)

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