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Dare County approves $200,000 per year to launch independent housing nonprofit
Summary
The Board approved two years of startup funding and county appointments to a newly formed nonprofit, the Dare Housing Foundation, to pursue small-scale workforce housing projects and grants.
The Dare County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 2025 approved startup funding and county representation for a new nonprofit, the Dare Housing Foundation, that will pursue workforce and essential-housing projects. The board voted 6-1 to provide $200,000 a year for two years, authorize office space and meeting-room use, and appoint the county manager and Commissioner Mary Ann Balins (Hatteras Island representative) as county representatives to the foundation’s board.
The approval follows a multi-month effort by the Dare Community Housing Task Force to organize a nonprofit vehicle to apply for grants, secure financing and carry projects. Donna Creeff, government affairs director for the Outer Banks Association of Realtors and chair of the task force, told the board the nonprofit will…
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