Read/Listen/Watch List for Week of October 11, 2025

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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)

Read/Listen/Watch List for Week of October 4, 2025

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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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Read/Listen/Watch List for Week of September 27, 2025

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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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Read/Listen/Watch List for Week of September 20, 2025

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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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Read/Listen/Watch List for Week of September 13, 2025

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The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security (ProPublica)

Leaf season is back. Western NC’s tourism economy isn’t – yet (Charlotte Observer, Opinion)

Making words work for a living (The Writing Shed)

Pine State Development plans to bring grocery store, retail, more housing to Welden Village in Kernersville (Triad Business Journal)

Megasites’ effect: 511-unit mixed-use project in works in town between Toyota, Wolfspeed sites (Triad Business Journal)

The new truth about townhomes (John Burns Research & Consulting)

BGSF completes $99 million sale of Professional Division to INSPYR Solutions (StreetInsider.com)

Laws Protecting Renters Hurt Renters (City Journal)

A redevelopment of public housing takes shape in Durham’s downtown (NC Newsline)

The 1980s Housing Tax Credit Boosting Affordable Homes (Newsweek)

September 9, 2025 (Letters from an American)

Housing costs squeeze owners and renters alike, outpacing inflation (Washington Post)

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Advocacy in Action with the National Apartment Association’s Policy Pros – Nicole Upano and Jim Wilson (The Associated)

Read/Listen/Watch List for Week of September 6, 2025

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Forget YIMBY. The housing shortage could disappear on its own. (The Washington Post Opinion)

LeoTerra Development focuses on build-to-rent communities after sale of pipe business (Triad Business Journal)

HUD Demands Housing Authorities Reveal Tenant Citizenship Info, Risks Funding (GlobeSt.)

How two-tier Disney is helping to fuel the rise of middle-class anger and resentment (Media Nation)

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Advocacy in Action with the National Apartment Association’s Policy Pros – Nicole Upano and Jim Wilson (The Associated)

Read/Listen/Watch List for Week of August 30, 2025

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Here are the top jobs for workers 55 and up as more Americans delay retirement (Triad Business Journal)

In Colorado, most residential zoning codes block affordable housing (Multifamily Dive)

Employers, apprentices share tips for success as programs expand statewide (Triad Business Journal)

Dill Dinkers pickleball franchisees look to open first of 10 planned locations in Winston-Salem (Triad Business Journal)

Phoebe’s go-to NC news sources (Down from DC)

Why online writers need to pick the right platform (Ted Gioia)

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Renting vs. Buying: Which is Better Right Now? (The Today Show)

The rental rebound: supply, demand, and demographic shifts driving recovery (New Home Insights Podcast)

Read/Listen/Watch List for Week of August 23, 2025

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Winston-Salem Council asked to approve 57 townhomes (Winston-Salem Journal)

As Medicaid cuts loom, North Carolina shows the stakes (Washington Post)

He became governor supporting trans rights. Now, it’s seen as a liability (Washington Post)

Housing market shift: This map shows where home sellers are cutting prices the most (Fast Company)

Op-Ed: True Tenant Power Requires Housing Abundance (Indyweek)

Ranked: U.S. Cities With the Highest Cost of Groceries (VisualCapitalist)

Continental Realty Corp. Bolsters North Carolina Multifamily Portfolio with Acquisition of 201-Unit Lofts at Reynolds Village, Located North of Asheville (citybiz)

This often-ignored smartwatch health metric can help you manage stress (Washington Post)

A new affordable housing development in Greensboro promises rent as low as $127 per month (WXII)

I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down (New York Times)

N.C. Church Sells Parcel of Underused Land to Build Affordable Housing (The Roys Report)

American housing policy needs a gut rehab (Washington Post Editorial Board)

Triad Realtor Bramblett shifts focus to building affordable homes (Triad Business Journal)

Creating your creed (The Writing Shed with Tommy Tomlinson)

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Q3 ’25 Apartment Market Update & Outlook (The Rent Roll)

The FBI, the NFLPA, and the $10 Billion Money Trail: An Untold Story (Pablo Torre Finds Out)

Special Coverage from “Marketplace”: The Real Costs (Marketplace/NPR)

Read/Listen/Watch List for Week of August 9, 2025

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Neighbors push back against senior apartments (Johnstonian News)

Mid-Sized Metro Areas Outpace National SFR Rent Growth (GlobeSt.)

Hotel-to-housing makeover: An extended-stay near RTP is now studio apartments (News & Observer)

Developer scales back plans for high-rise in downtown Raleigh. Here’s why (News & Observer)

Multifamily CMBS delinquency rate rises (YieldPRO)

The story of North Carolina’s most hardcore hurricane picture (and its connection to Apollo 11)

Fannie, Freddie Can Now Invest Up To $4B in LIHTC Projects (BISNOW)

Wilimington’s city council to continue workforce housing committee (NC Newsline)

The Eternal Optimism of Craig Melvin (Garden & Gun)

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Samuel Gunter of the NC Carolina Housing Coalition on the state’s dire affordable housing shortage (NC Newsline)