Speaker of the NC House of Representatives Joe Hackney appointed Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton to the legislature’s Joint Study Committee on Housing this past week.

The Committee will study housing needs in North Carolina and obstacles to home ownership. The Committee has been charged with studying and reporting on:

(1) The availability of quality affordable housing in North Carolina and whether North Carolina needs more affordable housing.
(2) Mortgage loan availability and affordability.
(3) The causes of home foreclosures in North Carolina and the appropriate role of State government in helping homeowners remain in their residences.
(4) Mortgage and borrowing trends to help first time homebuyers obtain mortgages.
(5) Ways to collaborate with the State’s banking community to prevent a loss of public confidence in the mortgage lending industry.
(6) The needs of the North Carolina Housing Trust Fund.
(7) Whether the State Fair Housing Act should be amended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of receipt of housing assistance.
(8) Ways to increase the number of North Carolinians who are able to retain equity-building homes through public education, homebuyer preparation, and consumer counseling.
(9) Methods to assist nonprofit corporations and local governments in making certified homebuyer credit counselors available to homebuyers in every region of the State.
(10) The feasibility of creating regional coalitions to identify and reduce barriers to homeownership.
(11) Any other issues the Committee deems relevant to this study.

The full membership of the committee is as follows.
President Pro Tempore Appointments:
Senator Tony Rand, Co-Chair
Senator Joe Sam Queen, Co-Chair
Senator Katie Dorsett
Senator Jim Forrester
Senator Ellie Kinnaird
Senator Floyd McKissick
The Honorable Terry Bellamy, Buncombe County
Mr. Brian Coyle, Wake County
Ms. Elizabeth Cubler, Dare County
Mr. Chris Estes, Wake County

Speaker of the House Appointments:
Representative Alma Adams, Co-Chair
Representative Pryor Gibson, Co-Chair
Representative Bruce Goforth
Representative Larry D. Hall
Representative Pat McElraft
Representative R. Tracy Walker
Mr. Wendell Bullard, Durham County
Mr. Christopher Kukla, Durham County
Ms. Margaret Matrone, Wake County
The Honorable Mark Chilton, Orange County

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