Who We Serve

We build, advocate for, and manage permanent affordable housing in Durham. The biggest need for affordable housing in Durham is for families at 30% area median income (AMI) and below whom we serve.

AMI # 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person
30% AMI$24,300$27,800$31,250$34,700
50% AMI$40,500$46,250$52,050$57,800
80% AMI$64,750$74,000$83,250$92,500

These are the Durham metro income limits based on the number of persons living in a household as of June 2025

AMI NEWS

A super-heated local market is rapidly displacing low-income residents – and the housing they can afford – from central neighborhoods in Durham.  DCLT is struggling to respond to our communities’ rapid, publicly incentivized, and market-driven demographic transformation.

The challenge of the decade ahead is to restrain the displacement of low-income renters and homeowners.

DCLT’s goal is to avoid displacement for vulnerable individuals and families who want to live in a neighborhood with bus service near jobs, schools, parks, services, and public facilities downtown.

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