To Mayor Lyles and Charlotte City Council Members: I am writing on behalf of OneMECK (an affordable housing advocacy team*) in support of A Home For All, a critical community-wide initiative. At the April 22 City Council meeting, A Home For All presented a list of substantial funding needs to continue progress toward alleviating the […]
On May 23, 2023 OneMECK met with representatives of the Neighborhood and Equity Stabilization Commission to present our perspectives on affordable housing in the Charlotte/Mecklenburg community.
To Mayor Lyles and City Council Members:On August 22, 2022 City Council is scheduled to vote on adoption of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The UDO is the product of years of work by City Council supported by planning staff. We urge current City Council members to complete the work on the UDO and vote […]
Who we are: OneMECK Coalition is an alliance of Mecklenburg County organizations and individuals that advocates for equitable access to economic opportunity and housing in all parts of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. What is the real problem we are trying to solve? Inequitable access to housing arising from socio-economic and racial inequity and discrimination, […]
To Mayor Lyles and Members of the Charlotte City Council – we are writing on behalf of OneMECK (https://www.onemeck.org) in support of the CMS/Woodfield Development rezoning petition scheduled for a vote during the 2/21/2022 City Council meeting.We support this project because it adds urgently needed public school capacity in the Ballantyne area. Funds from the […]
Email sent to the NC House and Senate Representatives of Mecklenburg County by Mike O’SullivanI am writing on behalf of OneMECK concerning HB 366 that is under review by the NC Senate. This bill currently contains a provision that would take away safeguards for people living in motels, and give landlords the power to eject […]
Email sent to City Council by Mike O’SullivanI am writing on behalf of OneMECK, an organization that has been advocating for affordable housing in Charlotte Mecklenburg for many years.This Monday night, you will undertake a critical vote on the Charlotte Future 2040 Plan. This plan is aspirational, and we are asking that you retain key […]
The County has had a policy of using foreclosure to attempt to collect property tax debts that are over 10 years old and are therefore barred from collection by the statute of limitations. However, the statute of limitations is not an automatic bar. A debtor must know that the statute exists and assert it as […]
Position paper sent to City Council by Rosalyn Allison-Jacobs We acknowledge that the City of Charlotte needs a Comprehensive Development Plan to replace the myriad neighborhood plans in existence today. We understand that Session Law 2019-111 may require the city to amend and/or enact certain ordinances before certain dates in the near future that will […]
Note to City Council Members from Hannah-Marie WarfleThank you for supporting the use of Housing Trust Fund dollars to assist in the preservation of NOAH at Lake Mist Apartments. I hope that more of the HTF money can be used in this way so that my homeless clients will be able to move out of […]
