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Sold on a Promise
Illustration by Brittain Peck
Sold on a Promise
“Sold on a Promise” is a special two-part investigative series jointly produced by
BPR News
WFDD
and
CityView
that explores the failed attempts of public-private partnerships to provide more than 500 units for homeless people in North Carolina.
Local News
Sold on a Promise, Part 2: The North Carolina homeless housing projects that were never built
Laura Hackett, April Laissle, Lexi Solomon
Part two of this joint investigation by BPR, WFDD and CityView provides how a California developer and its consultant traversed North Carolina making deals with city officials that ultimately failed.
Local News
Sold on a Promise, Part 1: How cities across N.C. set aside $12M for housing the homeless and got nothing
Laura Hackett, April Laissle, Lexi Solomon
A joint investigation by BPR, WFDD and CityView provides a clearer picture of how out-of-state entities traversed North Carolina making deals with city officials that ultimately failed.