This week on Flashpoint, WCNC Charlotte's Ben Thompson sits down with Mecklenburg County Commissioner Pat Cotham on the upcoming annual Point-In-Time Count, where volunteers will take to the streets to help understand the size and scope of the homeless population here in Mecklenburg County.
"It's very helpful to gain this information so we can really identify and allocate resources from the county and nonprofits in the city as well," Cotham said.
Later, Ben talks with Charlotte city councilman Malcolm Graham, who highlights the importance of affordable housing in a continuously-growing city.
"We're really, really growing. 121 individuals every day moved to the city of Charlotte, all looking for affordable housing," Malcolm Graham, city councilman, said.
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