CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mecklenburg County leaders say of all the people who were moved from Tent City last year, 70 people have moved to permanent housing.
The county said there are 27 people remaining who are still searching for housing.
Last year, people living in Charlotte's Tent City, the homeless encampment right outside Uptown, were told to vacate the property due to a rat infestation that Mecklenburg County leaders said was posing a public health threat.
The homeless camp right outside Uptown's thriving corporate buildings has been home to more than 150 people since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the region back in early 2020.
WCNC Charlotte is part of seven major media companies and other local institutions producing I Can’t Afford to Live Here, a collaborative reporting project focused on solutions to the affordable housing crisis in Charlotte. It is a project of the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, which is supported by the Local Media Project, an initiative launched by the Solutions Journalism Network with support from the Knight Foundation to strengthen and reinvigorate local media ecosystems. See all of our reporting at charlottejournalism.org.