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Charlotte approves purchase of three rental homes on Catherine Simmons Avenue for affordable housing
Summary
The City Council voted to buy three single‑family rental units (parcel 07502509) for $465,000 as part of a city–county strategy to address homelessness and nuisance properties on Catherine Simmons and Beatty’s Ford corridors.
The Charlotte City Council approved the purchase of three single‑family rental units at parcel 07502509 on Catherine Simmons Avenue for $465,000, a move Council Member Malcolm Graham described as part of a joint city–county strategy to address homelessness, substance abuse and property neglect on that corridor.
Council discussed the acquisition as one element of coordinated outreach and enforcement. “This is more than just a purchase of property on Catherine Simmons Avenue,” Graham said, noting a partnership with Mecklenburg County, community organizations such as the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church CDC, CMPD, code enforcement and housing staff. He said the purchase is intended to get absentee landlords to address property conditions and to convert the homes into affordable housing stock.
City Manager Marcus Jones and staff framed the purchase as a step in a broader, multi‑agency effort that includes street outreach, mental‑health and substance‑abuse services and code enforcement. Council Member Renee Johnson asked whether nuisance properties off Beatty’s Ford would be addressed alongside the purchase; Graham and staff said they are pursuing assertive nuisance enforcement and outreach to absentee landlords.
The motion to authorize the manager to negotiate and execute documents related to the transaction was moved, seconded and approved by the council. The council did not finalize programmatic details for tenant selection or operating subsidies at the meeting; staff were credited with moving quickly to secure properties and will return with implementation details.
The purchase was presented as a targeted, collaborative intervention; council members said it is a beginning step for a broader strategy rather than a standalone policy change.
