St. John’s Place is a 31-unit apartment building and a rare instance of naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) in Charlotte. Frequently, developers purchase NOAH only to tear it down and resurrect more expensive units in its place. Through a process called “gentrification,” the residents of the original unit are displaced as the community loses yet another affordable housing unit. Before this could happen, Supportive Housing Communities (SHC) purchased and renovated St. John’s Place in 2017.

In our hands, St. John’s Place provides much-needed affordable housing to Charlotte’s most vulnerable citizens. To avoid a conflict of interest, SHC does not place its own clients at St. John’s Place. Instead, we use the renovated units to provide affordable housing for clients in the Scattered Site programs of partnering organizations such as Roof Above and Mecklenburg County Shelter Plus Care. In the common struggle to find affordable housing solutions for their clients, these agencies are happy to have us as landlords.  Not only do we accept their subsidies, but our onsite staff also provides an additional level of support to their clients.