affordable housing

affordable housing
May 26, 2026

Virtual Event – UNC Affordable Housing Symposium

North Carolina has been a relatively affordable place to live, but the housing climate is shifting as industry booms. On Nov, 19, join the Wood Center for Real Estate Studies and the Kenan Institute for the UNC Affordable Housing Symposium where industry and academic experts will explore how the Triangle can prepare for the future. Over the course of three interactive sessions, attendees will learn about an innovative model for preserving affordable workforce housing in high-impact locations, engage in a conversation around the impediments to developing new workforce housing communities, and ponder how shifts to remote work might impact the region’s housing affordability.

affordable housing
May 26, 2026

Virtual Event: Wood Center for Real Estate Studies — Multifamily Workforce Housing Development Roundtable

Workforce (moderate income) housing remains a critical area of need across the State of North Carolina. Without government subsidies, developers are challenged to deliver a multifamily for-rent product accessible to those who earn 80%-120% of Area Median Income.  Building on their previous efforts to address this deficiency, the Wood Center for Real Estate Studies, in partnership with the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise, will be convening a roundtable of selected participants within the multifamily development process.

Black Lives Matter
May 26, 2026

Press Briefing: Driving Equitable Solutions for Racial Justice Amid COVID-19

A panel of experts convened by UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, its affiliated Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and the Institute of African American Research will offer a press briefing via webinar on the intersection of the COVID-19 crisis and the Black Lives Matter movement—providing a framework for developing solutions to achieve equitable public health and economic outcomes for the short- and long-term.