By Greg Childress NC Newsline With much fanfare, EMPOWERment Inc., held a ribbon-cutting in April for P.E.A.C.H Apartments, a 10-unit affordable housing complex it developed for low-income ...

That’s public housing. That day is gone.” But there hasn’t been a debate about whether all of the new Centre South apartments should be for very low income, only whether some should be.

As of Jan. 1, people can apply for the North Carolina Low Income Energy Assistance Program. It is a federally-funded program that provides a one-time payment to help with heating bills.