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GHC Interviewed by CNBC Make It: Advocates worry about an eviction crisis as 2021 approaches without a stimulus deal

When eviction protections put into place by the CARES Act expired over the summer, Josie Williams was deeply concerned about what it would mean for the estimated 300,000 to 400,000 North Carolinians struggling to pay their rent.

As the executive director of the Greensboro Housing Coalition, she had watched for months as her employees fielded three to four times as many calls each day than normal from community members worried they would lose their homes in the middle of an unprecedented public health crisis.

BCBSNC Foundation: Spotlight on Affordable Housing

Spotlight on Affordable Housing September 8, 2020 Read it on the BCBSNC Foundation website here, Featuring: Josie Williams, Executive Director, Greensboro Housing Coalition Greensboro Housing Coalition Executive Director, Josie Williams, sat down with us to...

GHC Newsletter, June 27, 2019

You’ve probably seen the recent news. A local substance abuse recovery agency is being investigated for atrocious housing conditions and the overall extremely poor treatment of people enrolled in their program. The news broke about two weeks ago. That day, the...

From the Executive Director: The East Greensboro Tornado, One Year Later

A tornado’s sound is hard to describe – like a barreling train losing control.

Just over a year ago, a tornado touched down in East Greensboro. Even though it’s been a year, many are still displaced, still suffering and still recovering.