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Dare County housing task force issues 2024 report calling for teacher housing, outreach and land-use changes
Summary
The Dare County Housing Task Force presented a unanimously adopted 2024 report to the Board of Education outlining housing affordability, rising home prices and recommended next steps including expanding teacher housing, community outreach and participation in a UNC School of Government program.
The Dare County Housing Task Force told the Board of Education on Jan. 13 that housing in the county is plentiful but increasingly unaffordable for year‑round residents and public employees.
Task force member Donna Creef summarized the group's findings and recommendations after the task force adopted a 2024 report by unanimous vote. "We've narrowed it down to 4 main components: available, attainable, sustainable, and acceptable," Creef said, explaining the group’s framework for analyzing inventory, price, resilience and community fit.
The nut graf: the report finds a wide gap between local incomes and median sales prices and urges a mix of near‑term and policy actions. The task force highlighted a median home sale price of $622,000 in October 2024 (Outer Banks Association of Realtors data) versus a median household income of about $80,000 (American Community Survey,…
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