Center for Housing and Community Studies

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Center for Housing and Community Studies

Through multidisciplinary, community-engaged research CHCS will assist housing advocates and policy makers in planning and evaluation.

As part of its mission, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Center for Housing and Community Studies (CHCS) is committed to investigating and understanding how the social, economic, environmental and spatial aspects of home and neighborhood affect people’s health, well-being, and life course. The CHCS staff has been working to identify substandard homes, weak housing markets, vacant a

nd abandoned lots and buildings, systemic inequality, and other community conditions that impact the quality of life of residents of the Piedmont.

08/16/2024

We're Hiring at UNCG's Center for Housing and Community Studies!

07/16/2024

We're putting together a Community Researcher team for our Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study of Greensboro housing code enforcement. Great part-time opportunity and great for the community!

07/15/2024

We're hiring at UNCG's Center for Housing and Community Studies!

09/21/2023

The Greensboro Housing Coalition announces their in-person 2023 Housing Summit!

Register now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-housing-summit-tickets-718590081277?aff=oddtdtcreator.

GHC is excited to host our in-person 2023 Housing Summit to highlight and address options for fair, safe, healthy, and affordable housing.

06/19/2023

05/04/2023

We are still accepting applications for the Tenant Leadership Academy. If you live in the Greensboro and High Point area, sign up today and share this with your friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues.

04/25/2023

We're back in Greensboro for the 11th cohort of Tenant Leadership Academy! Don't forget to share so we can get the information to those who may need it!

04/19/2023

We're bringing the Tenant Leadership Academy back to the Greensboro area! If you or your neighbors are interested, please use the QR code and link below to sign up today. Also, please share!

03/14/2023

The Center for Housing and Community Studies along with our partners at North Carolina Housing Coalition will be presenters at Rural Summit 2023 taking place Monday and Tuesday, March 20 and 21. We will facilitate a breakout session on Rural Housing: Affordability, Accessibility & Policy Solutions at 10:00 on the 21st. We look forward to seeing you there!

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03/09/2023

We are still accepting applications for the High Point Tenant Leadership Academy. Apply today before March 18th!

03/02/2023

We are still accepting applications for the High Point Tenant Leadership Academy. Please share!

02/23/2023

The work of the Center for Housing and Community Studies fighting evictions in Guilford County covered by Fox8 this week.

GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — People are being forced out of their homes in the Triad, and the emergency help which saved them during the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a safety net. The num…

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Greensboro, NC: University of North Carolina Greensboro Center for Housing and Community Studies

The Center for Housing and Community Studies (CHCS) is a university-based research, evaluation, and technical assistance center. We provide technical assistance to governmental and nonprofit agencies as well as the preparation of working papers, research notes, and scholarly publications. We are actively engaged in funded studies of impediments to fair housing, continuum of care for the homeless, housing market trends and market segmentation studies, community indicators projects, asset mapping, county and regional community planning, and studies of the impact of housing on health.

Our work includes: development of community dashboards and indicators, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, fair housing analysis of impediments, focus group facilitation, geographic information systems, health impact assessment, housing stock assessments, market valuation analysis, neighborhood development and planning studies, policy analysis, program evaluation, survey research, technical assistance & consulting around participatory community action. We also are developing an eviction diversion program with the local courts, landlords, tenants, and advocacy organization and we operate a rapid response to opioid overdose program for Guildford County.