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Greensboro set to consider restricting housing commission powers (WFDD)

Multifamily construction spending shows positive signs in August (YieldPro)

Immigration arrests empty shops and stall construction (The Charlotte Ledger)

DOJ reaches settlement with major apartment landlords over algorithmic pricing (WCSC)

Apartments ignite density debate in small North Carolina town (Triangle Business Journal)

How North Carolina won 3,000 jobs in 48 hours (Triad Business Journal)

4 factors impacting the affordable housing outlook (Multifamily Dive)

Audit says NC agency mismanagement left families waiting years after hurricanes (News & Observer)

Historic Mill’s New Life as Affordable Housing Boosts Downtown Rebirth (HUD Policy Development & Research)

America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart (New York Times)

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“Lower-income households are under stress, there’s no question about that,” Adler said. “Lower-income Americans are definitely feeling the pinch in rent, and it is showing up in collections issues in many places.” – Jeff Adler, VP of Yardi Matrix, Multifamily Dive

“One reason we don’t build enough affordable housing is we’ve made affordable housing unaffordable to build.” – Ezra Klein, New York Times

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Winston-Salem nonprofit opens $17 million housing complex with goal of improving neighborhood (Triad Business Journal)

Long-running ‘Carolina Business Review’ to go off the air on PBS at the end of December; will figure out new direction (The Charlotte Ledger)

Marshall Aerospace delays opening, hiring ramp-up at PTI amid contract timing shifts (Triad Business Journal)

Toyota shows off $14 billion battery plant in Randolph County, pledges more to come (Triad Business Journal)

Rents continue to slip in October (Multifamily Dive)

Pour one out for Charlotte Magazine (The North Carolina Rabbit Hole)

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“The treasury is not getting rid of pennies—they’re not making more, but you can spend the ones you’ve got. There are 300 billion in circulation, although “in circulation” is not quite the right phrase, because roughly 299 billion are stashed away in old coffee cans or ashtrays.” – Tommy Tomlinson, The Writing Shed

“It allows me to trick myself and escape, for a moment, back to a time when things were no less complicated or hard but sure felt like they were.” – Jeremy Markovich, The North Carolina Rabbit Hole

“When I lost him, someone told me that Hammy had left a part of himself with me, and taken a piece of me with him, and it sure feels that way. I think about that often.” – Melanie D.G. Kaplan in an interview with Tommy Tomlinson, The Writing Shed

“Have kids. It’s the best thing you’ll ever do to ruin your life.” – Scott Galloway, Overtime with Bill Maher

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CRE Leaders Warn of Stalled Deals, Unpaid Rents as Shutdown Drags On (GlobeSt.)

Minor Moves, Big Questions: Reading Class C Delinquency Signals (GlobeSt.)

Multifamily Relief, Office Momentum Mark CRE Reset (GlobeSt.)

Charlotte City Council: Incumbents win, Democrats flip south Charlotte seat to expand dominance to 10-1 over Republicans (Charlotte Ledger)

‘Serious heartburn’: Companies and workers are encountering sharply higher health insurance costs for 2026 (Charlotte Ledger)

3 NC cities make top ten rank for converting hotels to apartments, according to latest study (CBS17.com)

In praise of the golf buddy (Fried Egg Golf)

The Missing Kayaker (The Atlantic)

The Affordability Curse (The Atlantic)

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“Developers and investors rely on federal agencies to process permits, approve loans and execute contracts—all functions that have ground to a halt.” – Erik Sherman, GlobeSt.com

“Character reminds us that our worth is revealed through contribution. That what is worth pursuing is what will live beyond our actions because it is embedded in the fiber of time.
We don’t lose our greatness by serving. We find it there.” – Suzanne Hopson in a LinkedIn post.

“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.” – Mark Twain

“Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Triad housing market defies national slowdown as Guilford sees while Yadkin County ZIP is hottest area (Triad Business Journal)

State Housing Policy is Having a Moment (The New Urban Order)

The joy of staying up way too late (The Writing Shed)

Homebuyers are backing out of deals at record rates. Here’s why and what it means for the housing market. (Triad Business Journal)

Greensboro, Winston-Salem see drop in renter mobility as housing market stabilizes (Triad Business Journal)

The Right Tool (Our State Magazine)

The Delicious Legacy of Chapel Hill’s Favorite BLT (Garden & Gun)

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“A life is nothing but a sum of its yesterdays.” David Joy, When These Mountains Burn

“What’s left, in this frictionless home-delivered society, that is still worth waiting in line for?” Tommy Tomlinson, The Last call at the Bar-B-Q King, The Writing Shed

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Apartment boom continues in Winston-Salem as planning board approves new multifamily projects (Triad Business Journal)

Build-to-rent trend grows as Texas firm enters Triad market with Cherry Creek purchase (Triad Business Journal)

The Island That Wouldn’t Stay Put (Now I Know)

North Carolina’s shortest airline flight was 16 miles long (North Carolina Rabbit Hole)

Would you try this? Super-strong Sam Adams beer is illegal in 15 states – including NC (USA Today)

How a Small North Carolina College Became a Magnet for Wealthy Students – High Point University (Wall Street Journal)

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Historical context of Columbus Day (Letters from an American, October 12, 2025)

The shutdown effects North Carolinians are worried about most (Down from DC)

Mebane turns down Greensboro builder’s 80-townhome proposal (Triad Business Journal)

As The Pearl opens, where’s the affordable housing? (Charlotte Ledger)

I’m 67 and just realized I’ve been lied to about retirement (The Old Grey Thinker)

Can states, and a little bit of faith, convert church land into affordable housing? (Stateline)

Senate passes bipartisan housing reform bill amid shutdown (MPAmag)

Why Can’t North Carolina’s Governor Veto a Redistricting Bill (NC Rabbit Hole)

Multifamily Projects Finish Faster as Build Times Edge Down (GlobeSt)

The “intoxication thesis”: The evolutionary benefits of getting drunk (BigThink)

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Ranked: Top 40 Jobs at Risk From AI (Visual Capitalist)

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The unusual objections stopping apartment projects (MultiFamily Dive)

How the federal shutdown impacts the multifamily industry (Multifamily Dive)

What states have the most new construction in housing? (WFTV)

10 North Carolina Cities Where You Can Actually Live on Nothing but Social Security (AOL.com)

Is the Democratic Party dominated by progressives or by centrists? (Silver Bulletin)

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Ranked: Top 40 Jobs at Risk From AI (Visual Capitalist)

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Bruised, Not Broken (The Assembly)

Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing (New York Times)

Fire safety concerns can block apartment construction. Study says it shouldn’t (Charlotte Observer)

National housing expert: U.S. must build its way out of housing crisis (NC Newsline)

Missing Middle Housing (MissingMiddleHousing.com)

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Remembering When London’s Pubs Were Full at 7 a.m. (Atlas Obscura)

Hawthorne Residential Partners eyes expansion of Greensboro apartment complex (Triad Business Journal)

Toyota Tsusho affiliate Green Metals Battery Innovations buys Winston-Salem facility for $14M (Triad Business Journal)

Kennedy Wilson to Acquire Toll Brothers’ Apartment Living Platform for $347 Million, Adding Over $5 Billion of Assets Under Management (Business Wire)

New Greensboro housing director aims to boost affordability, add creative solutions (Triad Business Journal)

Public records provide details of CMS’ plan to build staff housing at Garinger High; about 100 units, grant needed from city (Charlotte Ledger CRE Whispers)

Feds sending NC another $1 billion in emergency aid for Helene road repairs (News & Observer)

Bill Belichick is only embarrassing himself. UNC is embarrassing all of us (News & Observer)

Helene damaged 73,000 NC homes. Some people are ‘losing hope’ waiting for help (News & Observer)

The woman who spoke to a broken Asheville (North Carolina Rabbit Hole)

Congress Approaches Funding Deadline (National Apartment Association)

Market Snapshot: Land Signals for Raleigh Residential Development (Acres)

Who Pays for U.S. Tariffs, and Where Does the Money Go? (New York Times)

Building More Homes Isn’t Enough to Solve the Housing Crisis (Urban.org)

How Capital Gains Taxes Are Freezing America’s Housing Market (Forbes)

McIntyre Manufacturing Group consolidates operations in new Lexington headquarters (Triad Business Journal)

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene (ProPublica)

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The Quiet Force Imperiling Our Booming Stock Market (New York Times)

A Year After Hurricane Helene, a Clockmaker Is Still Creating Masterpieces (New York Times)

Just 16, she built a food pantry on a rural Wake road. The hungry flocked to it. (News & Observer)

Chatham County reflects on VinFast, Wolfspeed promises three years later (News & Observer)

After Helene, state helps repair and replace private roads in Western NC (News & Observer)

Why Raleigh’s apartment pipeline just took a 44% hit (News & Observer)

Charlotte metro ranks No. 2 in nation for new apartment construction, report says (WCNC)

Zimmerman’s $80M proposal would add housing, parking to downtown Greensboro’s popular South End (Triad Business Journal)

Tiny House Community Development bringing housing, workforce development program to Greensboro (Triad Business Journal)

Winston-Salem approves up to $80 million in tax-exempt bonds for WFU office building at The Grounds (Triad Business Journal)

Queens U. and Elon U. to merge (Charlotte Ledger)

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