Lumberton, North Carolina

6 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROL INA Management, the City of Lumberton is working on a pilot program to provide affordable housing. The program involves acquiring dilapidated homes and lots in an area of the community outside of the hundred-year floodplain. Non-profit organization North Carolina Baptists on Mission has taken on the renovation or rebuilding of these homes, making them available at a very low cost. Love explains, “If you looked at cost of construction right now, some of these houses in the 1,000 to 1,200 square foot range would typically cost over $200,000. We’re getting those built for less than $100,000. It makes them very affordable to folks that were impacted by those storms and that’s also helping to fill a gap.” A 200-acre tract of land on the outskirts of the city is also drawing the attention of a developer as a possible location for new luxury homes. With an ever-present optimism, Love reports, “Even though we’re currently in a housing shortage, we are rapidly making up ground and The Petroleum People For Your Farm, Home or Business We Proudly Serve North and South Carolina 1811 East Fifth Street Lumberton, NC 28358 910-738-1401 oliveroilco@raleigh.twcbc.com www.oliversoilcompany.com Serving you Since 1979