 One of the biggest issues in North Carolina is the increasing cost of housing. On Tuesday, North Carolina 13th District Congressman Wiley Nickel introduced legislation called the Keep Housing Affordable Act to bolster low-income housing tax credit program. Nickel telling NCA News... This is one of those hundred things that we've got to get done right. We continue to get specific funding in the federal budget for low-income housing projects, but we've got to do a whole lot more.