Our looming housing crisis
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By Holly Gallagher, Habitat Wake advocacy coordinator
2020 is soon coming to an end, but COVID-19 will follow us into the new year. Reported case numbers are still on the rise; North Carolina actually experienced a record-high day with 6,495 new cases, which is the highest single-day increase since the beginning of the pandemic.