The Center for Community Law & Equity

The Center for Community Law & Equity The Center for Community Law & Equity is our policy and advocacy division. See website for additional services. (www.lawandcommunity.com)

CCLE also provides legal work for small businesses, consulting services to municipalities, counties, and cities looking to grow equitably or create affordable housing strategies and policies that meaningfully engage impacted residents. Additionally, CCLE provides legal services in the area of construction law to developers, and consultation to developers on community engagement and working with residents around projects.

06/05/2026

Life is full of purpose! Supporting purpose work, while doing it can help change hope to reality.

06/03/2026

However, in areas where investment has actually led to displacement, shouldn’t we be more cautious about removing protective tools? A Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District can act as a speed bump on redevelopment.

Without an overlay, developers may have greater flexibility to tear down smaller homes and replace them with larger, more expensive houses, duplexes, townhomes, or other higher-value development. That increased development potential can make land more attractive to investors, which can drive up property values and speculative activity.

06/01/2026

Too often, affordable housing conversations begin with units, zoning maps, regulations, density calculations, and funding formulas. Those things matter, but perhaps we should start with a simpler question: “How do people want to live?”

05/25/2026

Justice Requires Humanity: My Two Cents on the Recent Shooting of Two Attorneys in Wake County, North Carolina.

Honored to once again be part of an important affordable housing conversation sponsored by Livable Raleigh and to serve ...
05/20/2026

Honored to once again be part of an important affordable housing conversation sponsored by Livable Raleigh and to serve on a panel discussing the future of housing in our region.

Affordable housing across the Triangle is one of the defining challenges of our time. Rapid growth, rising costs, increasing demand, aging systems, staffing limitations, funding constraints, and the sheer number of people moving into our communities seeking stable housing have placed enormous pressure on housing systems and local agencies. These are real challenges, and they deserve honest conversations.

As Chair of the Wake County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, I understand that leadership is not about pretending challenges do not exist. Leadership is about confronting them directly, asking hard questions, working toward solutions, and remaining committed to the people impacted most.

I remain hopeful because with challenge also comes opportunity: opportunity to strengthen systems, rethink partnerships, preserve affordability, protect communities from displacement, and build housing solutions that are equitable, sustainable, and rooted in dignity.

If you know me, you know I will always approach this work as an optimistic, aspiring, take-no-crap leader who believes communities deserve transparency, accountability, and solutions.

Nothing without community. —Attorney Yolanda Taylor

About two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Winston-Salem to do a presentation on Community Land Trusts and ...
05/20/2026

About two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Winston-Salem to do a presentation on Community Land Trusts and the importance of community-centered development. We had meaningful discussions about the various types of CLTs, how they can be structured, and both their historical and present-day purposes—from preserving affordability and protecting legacy communities to creating long-term community stewardship of land and housing.

I left the conversation reminded of something I deeply believe: nothing without community.

05/10/2026

is always a great time.

05/09/2026

This week on All Rights Reserved, I had the opportunity to sit down with Duke law Professor Timothy Lovelace, Jr. to discuss civil rights history and connect that to what we are seeing today in recent US Supreme Court decisions.

05/02/2026

Edgecombe county local redistricting efforts proved that the power of the people can really shape outcomes. Here’s part 1 of my discussion with three amazing women leading this work.

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