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Charlotte council debates supportive-housing investments, non‑congregate shelter and Dream Center proposal
Summary
City staff presented two supportive-housing proposals — a 62‑room hotel conversion emergency shelter and a Dream Center transitional campus — and described a $9 million supportive-housing investment target; council members pressed for clarification on costs, religious freedom safeguards, family shelter gaps and operating funding.
City staff presented council with follow-up details on proposed supportive-housing investments tied to the city's housing trust fund, emphasizing that these projects are intended to expand low-barrier shelter and transitional housing capacity.
Rebecca, a housing department staffer, told the council the city has set a $9,000,000 investment goal for supportive housing and shelter capacity and described two proposals under consideration: a Mecklenburg County hotel conversion configured as a non‑congregate emergency shelter and a Dream Center transitional housing campus paired with a private development partner. "Supportive housing is characterized by low barrier to entry, shorter median length of stay, and wrap around services that provide supports to the residences," Rebecca said, explaining…
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