What does a YES vote on City of Greensboro Housing Bonds Referendum mean?

Greensboro could borrow $5,000,000 by issuing bonds for housing in the city, mainly for people of low and moderate income, including supportive housing and loans or grants to them and to housing providers, repaid with property taxes; the estimated total cost with interest is $8,063,912, and the estimated property tax increase is $1.20 a year per $100,000 of value.

What does a NO vote on City of Greensboro Housing Bonds Referendum mean?

Greensboro would not be authorized to issue these $5,000,000 in bonds or levy taxes to repay them.

How many votes does City of Greensboro Housing Bonds Referendum need to pass?

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Should I vote yes or no on City of Greensboro Housing Bonds Referendum?

SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.

The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.

City of Greensboro Housing Bonds Referendum (Guilford County)

Last updated Sat, Nov 7, 4:33 PM ET

Ballot measure · November 3, 2026 · Greensboro voters

What it does: Additional property taxes may be levied on property located in the City of Greensboro, North Carolina in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on bonds if approved by the following ballot question. Shall the order adopted on August 3, 2026, authorizing $5,000,000 HOUSING BONDS of the City of Greensboro, North Carolina, plus interest, for the purpose of providing funds, together with any other available funds, for acquiring, constructing, improving, rehabilitating and equipping multifamily and single family housing units in said City, principally for the benefit of persons of low and moderate income, including, without limitation, housing or neighborhood revitalization and permanent supportive housing programs and the providing of loans, grants or other financial assistance to such persons and to developers and other public and private providers of housing, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds be approved, in light of the following: (1) The estimated cumulative cost over the life of said bonds, using the highest interest rate charged for similar debt over the last 20 years, would be $8,063,912, consisting of the $5,000,000 principal amount of said bonds, plus $3,063,912 of estimated interest. (2) The estimated amount of property tax liability increase for each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of property tax value to service the cumulative cost over the life of said bonds provided above would be $1.20 per year.
A YES vote means: Greensboro could borrow $5,000,000 by issuing bonds for housing in the city, mainly for people of low and moderate income, including supportive housing and loans or grants to them and to housing providers, repaid with property taxes; the estimated total cost with interest is $8,063,912, and the estimated property tax increase is $1.20 a year per $100,000 of value.
A NO vote means: Greensboro would not be authorized to issue these $5,000,000 in bonds or levy taxes to repay them.
Needed to pass: A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.
Left–right lean: A YES vote leans strongly left; a NO vote leans the other way (AI-estimated from the official ballot summary, 77% confidence).

The YES and NO lines are SpectrumVote's plain-language reading of the official text above; the official text is what you vote on.

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Quick answers

What does a YES vote on City of Greensboro Housing Bonds Referendum mean?: Greensboro could borrow $5,000,000 by issuing bonds for housing in the city, mainly for people of low and moderate income, including supportive housing and loans or grants to them and to housing providers, repaid with property taxes; the estimated total cost with interest is $8,063,912, and the estimated property tax increase is $1.20 a year per $100,000 of value.
What does a NO vote on City of Greensboro Housing Bonds Referendum mean?: Greensboro would not be authorized to issue these $5,000,000 in bonds or levy taxes to repay them.
How many votes does City of Greensboro Housing Bonds Referendum need to pass?: A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.
Should I vote yes or no on City of Greensboro Housing Bonds Referendum?: SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.
When is the vote?: The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.

Not sure how to decide? Read our nonpartisan guide to the Guilford County ballot.

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