West Charlotte land trust nets $6 million with county funds

The West Side Community Land Trust received $6 million to secure its largest acquisition to date, adding 32 properties to its portfolio of lasting affordable homes, the nonprofit announced Tuesday. Mecklenburg County commissioners earlier this year approved using American Rescue Plan Act money to acquire the homes in the Hoskins Road community in northwest Charlotte. Other donors, including Charlotte’s Fifth Third Bank who gave the largest private donation, round out the public-private partnership.

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