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Representatives described a standalone proposal that would have authorized counties to partner on staff housing projects; the Durham version had passed committee and was calendared to be voted on but was displaced during crossover. Delegation members said they remain interested in finding alternative vehicles or amendments to carry the language in future sessions.

Why it matters: county officials said teacher and staff housing is a local priority as Durham faces rising housing costs, and they welcomed legislative partners' efforts to create state authority for joint public partnerships to build or preserve units affordable to school employees and other public servants.

Delegation members said the bill faced opposition in caucus and an unnamed lawmaker expressed categorical opposition, which delegates said stopped the bill from moving further. Delegates encouraged county staff and local advocates to pursue alternatives and to coordinate with other counties that have tried similar measures.

Ending: Delegation members said they will keep seeking ways to advance the policy and recommended county leaders continue outreach to legislators and potential private and nonprofit partners on interim strategies.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Durham Board of County Commissioners - Durham Legislative Breakfast, June 6, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","A proposed local bill to permit joint county partnerships for staff housing — including a version that would have covered Durham — reached committee but did not survive crossover, legislators told county leaders. Delegates said they will look for other vehicles or amendments to carry the policy forward.","taxTitle","Durham County, North Carolina","taxId",5765,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6209154,"Durham officials warn proposed state land-use bills could upend UDO rewrite and housing plans",209,5407000,5616000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3736482-ec20778cea651b14e51d63ab5d3eeea7&start=5407&end=5616","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3736482-ec20778cea651b14e51d63ab5d3eeea7/thumbnail_5407000.jpg","/articles/6209154/Durham-County/North-Carolina/Durham-officials-warn-proposed-state-land-use-bills-could-upend-UDO-rewrite-and-housing-plans","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6209154-5812d24067636b6451ee0d362d5fb29c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770395383&Signature=OFqxdMX1YvtnqilvNyn1wLQnCAE4vimKJWU0HsDamd6Sx9pjh8oogB6kB~AN8-WuEwEH42Fl4~gLmX48XBa1yGF8cxliwBOZ0wTYCOEvcj2kCT8aG6zbQEFcgPHNaR2XB6lxwyKzFxKxnNzbMg4d4uxbJAu0pBr7mtDX11FeB9hWnwFl3yn9F56UF97STF5cyeugRNvfwcXFYz6k0964SBIgp~hZLR7-BPQUnwwxah8uEiFdFKtIisNPUwcN9LasemKcdMHGo6tAOv5HYdpzP9p7xFpFYRaItn6pfH14cJdOlQ6EzEq2B-A8cCzFMDIChiH1J6o-nEc5hymiJn9e3Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Durham County leaders and legislative delegates discussed proposed state legislation that county staff and the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) have been tracking because it could remove elements of local land-use control.

County officials said a package of bills and fix proposals (delegation members referenced what they described as House bill 765 and a Senate measure, SB587, among related drafts) initially moved quickly through the legislature but did not complete crossover. Delegation members warned, however, that provisions from those measures could reappear as amendments in other bills or gain a fiscal attachment that keeps them alive.

County staff said the practical effect of some proposals would be to prevent local governments from adopting zoning changes that downzone property, which in turn would create widespread nonconformities under a new UDO and limit the county's ability to implement transit-oriented development and affordable-housing incentives. \"That will really not permit us to move forward with our unified development ordinance and implementing our land use plan because it will create nonconformities everywhere,\" a county official said.

Why it matters: Durham's UDO rewrite is intended to reduce barriers to higher-density and mixed-use development in areas targeted for transit and for affordable housing. Delegation members and staff said that state-level constraints on local rezoning could undercut those policies and have downstream effects on housing supply and county capital planning.

Delegation members urged county leaders to press representatives on the conference committee and to coordinate with other counties; they also recommended county visits to key committee members next week during County Assembly Day.

Ending: County staff asked legislators for continued alerts about draft amendments and for help building coalitions across counties; delegation members said they would continue to monitor amendments and fiscal packages that could revive parts of the preemption proposals.","County and delegation members said a proposed state bill that would limit local rezoning and penalize local officials (discussed as House bill 765 and related measures) could create nonconformities in Durham's Unified Development Ordinance and make transit-oriented and affordable housing goals difficult to implement.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6209159,"Durham delegation outlines child-care financing, supply and zoning ideas; task force recommendations expected",213,3333000,3546000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3736482-ec20778cea651b14e51d63ab5d3eeea7&start=3333&end=3546","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3736482-ec20778cea651b14e51d63ab5d3eeea7/thumbnail_3333000.jpg","/articles/6209159/Durham-County/North-Carolina/Durham-delegation-outlines-child-care-financing-supply-and-zoning-ideas-task-force-recommendations-expected","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6209159-4e70702749b94e29423a8204bc4453b1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770395383&Signature=bs9pfryiohzjTwjxvnmzVJkE0stLtEeAVcme-xz8pW-A5JcxiCPcK8gzcq8rMepl0W6itPj6kIvVYHz-reh~ZQmwbQKry5m31m9rCN-8MZMkPs53LBK4M22BFqpdvbyu-luFM7ui8BKJqOPBELg6fUZnJIus5DpOyN6k81l433KPvfBsyYlZNC6se9LxcSTgXxlPIEagsK0YjtpGE08lLlVxU3ta0jjlfns80lKeX-QT9HNPylIep5tghJ2wpRtMCvRrxQ29c1Csv3kbOLqgrM~tr6E5fFmLCa9bXNJWYyuGo7BZV8AKJM-5bUXMN~7KWn-8ndk16E6iRyxjcBYD0Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","State senators and county officials described ongoing work on child-care financing and supply interventions and said a bipartisan task force will release top-level recommendations later in the month.

Senator Sophia Chitwick said the governor's child-care innovation task force is expected to offer recommendations that include raising subsidy floors and improving supports for early-childhood educators; she said she has proposed a child-care finance agency as an alternative to other financing concepts. \"The wave of kind of top level recommendations will come out at the end of this month,\" Chitwick said during the meeting.

County staff and representatives discussed practical supply-side steps: creating a county inventory of underused space, reducing zoning barriers to create more sites for small-scale child-care providers, and piloting on-site corporate child care. County planning staff said revisions to Durham's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) will explicitly examine barriers to locating child care across the county as part of the UDO rewrite.

Delegation members and county leaders also raised workforce and regulatory issues. Delegates described bipartisan interest in increasing subsidy rates to support providers, boosting pay parity for community college instructors who train early-childhood educators and formalizing rapid-certification programs to expand the workforce. Delegation members reported they are seeking creative tie-ins, including building-code clarifications to reduce construction-related delays.

Why it matters: county officials and legislators said child care is a supply-and-money problem. Delegation members and county staff framed proposed solutions as combining financing, regulatory fixes and local land-use changes so that smaller, proven local providers can scale rather than relying on national providers unfamiliar with local needs.

Ending: Delegation members asked for continued engagement with industry leaders, Durham Tech and municipal partners to pilot financing and zoning changes and to ensure state proposals can be implemented at the local level.","Delegation members and county staff discussed child-care supply challenges, a state child-care task force due to release recommendations, a proposed child-care finance agency and local changes to Durham's Unified Development Ordinance to reduce barriers to on-site and neighborhood child care.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6209163,"Durham delegation warns budget uncertainty could reduce services for Medicaid, public health and schools",1500,1472000,2972000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3736482-ec20778cea651b14e51d63ab5d3eeea7&start=1472&end=2972","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3736482-ec20778cea651b14e51d63ab5d3eeea7/thumbnail_1472000.jpg","/articles/6209163/Durham-County/North-Carolina/Durham-delegation-warns-budget-uncertainty-could-reduce-services-for-Medicaid-public-health-and-schools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6209163-497915f58f350da92dd91036c7cc529e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770395383&Signature=RDa03yL8XKugWzRBQat6p5Ot9~XPE-5cbGQBbpvQLqlZBzHshZl1RKAjBH~cPu5wIRRj5T95QpoeVx77WMjM8tlqoeHZ~PkJoPsx6eN4Waxv-CSOkqHbVfcPhXaixBsAhEIskrqHwGqQirv-PnyyUCuYrEoXYOpJXRyj04CeeehLZB-jv8Btu1ylWbFIqowlQ--N5AKXn6HL3ukjw76y-Qk-YzlQvVvSNbKkPU96JkEzpbV6I4x9a9-DTYKpom1sA2PUkZRx1318uzVT~z3NVyPrxs6bUMLQNR3DdsC7fLCGYlvGxHJjefj4j8HZ6D-m66QvMMSfCy~95sgMihE-EA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Durham County officials and members of the county's legislative delegation met to review the state budget outlook and locally targeted proposals, and delegation members said both chambers have produced divergent budgets and a conference committee had not yet been established.

The delegation briefed county leaders that the House and Senate budgets differ on taxes, spending priorities and program structures. Delegation members and county staff said an unresolved fiscal picture could delay or reduce funding for programs counties rely on for health, social services and education.

Why it matters: county leaders warned the meeting that proposed tax cuts in the state plans, lower revenue projections and federal funding reductions together make it unclear which state programs will be funded. Durham County officials said that if programs are cut or centralized at the state level, counties could see greater service demands without matching revenue.

Delegation members called out several specific areas of local concern. Durham Public Health and Social Services staff and county leaders described program-by-program risks: possible centralization of Medicaid casework, proposed Medicaid work and eligibility verification rules, cuts to SNAP-related nutrition programming and public-health capacity, uncertainty on child-care subsidy funding, and continued expansion of private school voucher funding.

DSS director Maggie Clapp identified one specific provision in the House budget that county staff said could have immediate operational impact. Clapp said the centralization language appears in the House budget and pointed county officials to the citation in that draft: \"It is in the House budget bill. It can be found on page 2251, line 2 to 23,\" adding that county directors are still seeking clarity on whether the provision would move operations to the state or fund a statewide workforce model.

County staff described how a move to centralized Medicaid administration could affect vulnerable clients and county operations: fewer in-person caseworker interactions, loss of local relationships that help avoid service disruptions (for example, preventing a long-term-care discharge when paperwork is delayed), and potential transfer of administrative costs to counties even if service operations move to a state office.

Delegation members also highlighted other budget items affecting Durham: Senate draft funding that would allocate $100 million for renovations at North Carolina Central University (not present in the House draft), and a multibillion-dollar biennial allocation for private school vouchers that delegation members said would divert resources from public schools in future years. Delegation members described the voucher allocation in the current biennial proposals at roughly $1.3 billion over two years.

County leaders raised public-health and safety concerns tied to federal funding changes. Delegation members and staff warned the group that federal cuts already discussed at the congressional level could reduce epidemiology and pandemic-response capacity; locally, staff pointed to recent reductions in HIV and STI testing funds and to programs such as double-bucks farmers-market incentives that augment food access for low-income residents.

On correctional-health costs, delegation members highlighted a pending state change (HB546, Medicaid modernization) that the group said could reduce county jail health-care expenses. County officials reported they currently spend millions annually on detainee health care and welcomed language that could shift some care to Medicaid coverage.

Delegation members said conference negotiations will determine which items survive and encouraged county leaders to keep communicating priorities. County officials said they will continue to seek clarifying language from DHHS and from conferees because many proposals remain unclear in draft budget language.

Ending: Delegation members asked county staff to continue outreach to legislative conferees and to other counties to build coalitions; county leaders said they will follow up with DHHS on the proposed centralization language and with the delegation on HBCU and school capital requests.

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