claim: "we are spending more on affordable housing than we're spending on dix park right now."
author: nancy mcfarlane
evidence_1: jun 20, 2016 ... raleigh is growing so fast that the city must preserve housing that teachers, city ...  “we don't want people to have to spend more than a third of their income on  housing. right now, we've got about 30,000 in the city that do that,” she said. ...  taxes 1.72 cents per $100 in assessed value to fund debt for parks.
evidence_2: "we are spending more on affordable housing than we're spending on dix ...  says his time away from washington coincides with a "long planned renovation"  for ... the national park service has "an annual budget that is less than the city of  ...
evidence_3: we were both pharmacists, living in richmond at the time, and his company ...  and had two more, and you know how it is—you build a community and make  friends, ... we've also focused on affordable housing this year, particularly  workforce ... sometimes you have things like dix park, where there's  unbelievable support.
evidence_4: charles francis "vows to slash funding for parks and open space." ... "we are  spending more on affordable housing than we're spending on dix park right now. ".
evidence_5: oct 27, 2017 ... the two candidates for raleigh mayor have different ideas about the ... for  affordable housing and to pay off debt from the city's purchase of dix park. ... in  the city's future, but “we don't just spend money on every shiny thing ... basic city  services – are more important than bike lanes and parks,” francis says.