Our community development team works to support economic, neighborhood and community revitalization efforts within the city with a focus on addressing housing problems and eliminating blight.

HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT PLAN

This Housing and Neighborhood Reinvestment Plan identifies Wilson's housing and neighborhood reinvestment needs, and proposes discrete activities to address those needs. The Plan was guided by a project vision, project mission, and project goals. Click the link to read through the Plan in it's entirety.

HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAMS

City of Wilson operates housing programs to encourage rehabilitation of deteriorating homes, by helping homeowners with repairs. The programs primarily assist low income, disabled and elderly homeowners  Funding for these programs are provided by Federal and State funds to the City of Wilson. The City’s programs are dependent upon the availability of those funds. Rehabilitation programs include the Essential Single Family Rehabilitation Loan Pool (ESFRLP) program, which facilitates the comprehensive rehabilitation of moderately deteriorated single-family housing units, and the Urgent Repair Program, which provides funding to alleviate housing conditions that pose an imminent threat to the life and safety of low-income homeowners.

INFORMATION FOR CONTRACTORS

Contractors interested in participating in the City of Wilson’s rehabilitation programs must complete a contractor’s application.

FREEMAN PLACE

Freeman Place is an affordable housing community that offers energy efficient, single-family homes perfectly priced for first-time home buyers.