CHARLOTTE — An apartment complex is making history as Mecklenburg County’s first permanent housing for veterans.
A nonprofit called Community Solutions just bought the complex near Monroe Road in southeast Charlotte.
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Karen Pelletier is the county’s director of housing innovation and stabilization services. She said veterans make up 7% of the overall homeless population.
“We know that housing is a key solution in solving for homelessness,” she said.
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