Dare County Board of Commissioners to hold special housing meeting – OBX Today

Dare County Board of Commissioners to hold special housing meeting - OBX Today

The Dare County Board of Commissioners will hold a special public meeting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 to share the latest updates and discuss the ongoing challenges regarding the housing issues that continue to impact Dare County’s residents, business owners and members of the local workforce.

“We will make a decision that day of where we go from here, and I encourage you to attend,” said Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Woodard. “We’ll open it up and have everything on the table with respects to three and a half years ago when we started, what’s been done, what hasn’t been done and what the future might look like. This board needs to make a decision on what direction we’re going to go from moving forward with respects to essential housing in Dare County.”

The public is invited to attend the special meeting, which will be held within the Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting room at the Dare County Administration Building located at 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive in Manteo.

For those who are unable to attend in person, the special housing meeting will be livestreamed on Dare County’s YouTube channel (www.YouTube.com/DareCounty), as well as www.CurrentTV.org. An on-demand video of the meeting will also be available on the county’s YouTube channel at a later date.

Dare County Housing Task Force Meeting:

In addition to the Dare County Board of Commissioners’ special housing meeting on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the Dare County Housing Task Force will also host its regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 in Room 168 of the Dare County Administration Building located at 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive in Manteo.

The Dare County Housing Task Force is a recently formed collaboration among numerous representatives from local government, associations and industries, as well as area residents that is dedicated to addressing the pressing housing challenges that exist throughout Dare County.

For more information about the Dare County Housing Task Force—including a list of current members, upcoming meeting dates, and agendas and minutes from previously held meetings—please visit www.DareNC.gov/Housing.