Raleigh's Civitan Home reopens after renovation expands supportive housing

Ten renovated supportive housing units reopened at Raleigh’s Civitan Home on June 5, a modest addition inside Wake County that state housing officials are holding up as part of a larger effort to expand stable housing across North Carolina. NCHFA says the project is one piece of 270 supportive housing units its 2025 investments are expected to create statewide.

The ribbon cutting marked the return of the Civitan Home in TLC Residents Village after renovations funded through the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency’s Supportive Housing Program. In its earlier funding announcement, NCHFA identified the Raleigh project as “Igniting Hope Together,” sponsored by TLC Operations, Inc., and said the work would renovate the home for people with disabilities with a redesigned living and dining space, laundry expansion, bedroom upgrades, window replacements and other improvements.

The Raleigh project was part of a broader award of more than $6.7 million to 11 properties statewide. NCHFA said that money was distributed through its Supportive Housing Development Program, which is primarily supported by the North Carolina Housing Trust Fund. That state fund sits at the center of North Carolina’s approach to financing housing for people who are often shut out of the private market.

NCHFA says SHDP finances emergency, transitional and permanent housing for North Carolinians below 50% of area median income. The agency says those investments can serve people experiencing homelessness, children and youth aging out of foster care, people with disabilities and survivors of domestic violence. In Wake County, the 10-unit Civitan Home reopening is a visible example of how those dollars are being translated into a physical housing site rather than an abstract policy line item.

The agency says supportive housing is designed to connect residents with services they need to thrive. NCHFA also points to research showing permanent supportive housing can reduce reliance on emergency shelters, jails and emergency rooms, and says the model may save about $1.80 in averted public costs for every $1 spent. By that measure, the Raleigh project is part of a cost-and-care strategy, not just a property renovation.

NCHFA said its broader supportive housing investments in 2025 will create 270 units statewide, making the Civitan Home reopening less than 4% of that total. The agency also works with the NC Department of Health and Human Services on integrated permanent supportive housing options through the Transitions to Community Living Voucher, the Targeting Program and Key Rental Assistance. In the June 18, 2025 funding announcement, executive director Scott Farmer said, “The NC Housing Trust Fund is a vital resource for supporting the state’s most vulnerable residents.”