Community Link offices
601 E 5th St
Suite 500
Charlotte, NC 28202
United States
The mission of Community Link is to enable individuals and families to obtain and sustain safe, decent and affordable housing. Community Link has been serving Charlotte/Mecklenburg since 1929.
We have been a black-led and majority black-serving organization since the early 2000s. Our main programs are Asset Building and Travelers Aid. We offer services in 21 counties across the state, but predominately serve the Mecklenburg/Charlotte area.
Asset Building programming includes free foreclosure prevention counseling, free tax preparation services for low-to-moderate income households, and a first-time homebuyer program with personalized counseling, opportunities for down payment assistance, and monthly financial empowerment workshops.
Travelers Aid provides free transportation vouchers to stranded individuals in distress. Often, we are serving people fleeing domestic violence who have a safe haven elsewhere in the country. We work with each customer to confirm their destination, prepare them for the trip, and to follow up after they arrive to ensure their safety.
Visit our website if you are in need of our services, or are able to donate to support our cause.
- We opened in 1929 as Travelers Aid at Charlotte's train station to help stranded people return to a safe home in another city.
- During the 2023 tax season, our VITA volunteers and staff prepared 2,035 tax returns for free to low-to-moderate income households.
- We prevented foreclosure for 193 families across 21 North Carolina counties in our 2024 fiscal year.
