CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A community housing coalition says it will take more than a quarter-million dollars to help residents displaced by a complex-wide closure of Lake Arbor apartments. 

• Now, some community groups are pitching in to help residents who say they have no where to go
• An estimated $350,000 is what community housing experts say is needed to give them temporary shelter and relocation assistance
• The United Way of Central Carolinas is asking for donations to its critical relief fund to help residents

Now, some community groups are pitching in to help residents who say they have no where to go. Charlotte charities say they’ve spoken to nearly 170 people who need a next place to live. 

An estimated $350,000 is what community housing experts say is needed to give them temporary shelter and relocation assistance. Residents say they can’t find apartments at the same price, paying somewhere between $600 and $800. In a letter to residents, property management leaders say they decided to close the apartments to make repairs that residents say are long overdue. 

One church group is offering beds at a halfway home.

“We want them to let know that they don’t have to have a panic mindset; that if they’re willing to come, we can pick them up in our vans, and we’re out here to let people know that there is new life," North Carolina Restoration Church member Albert Bradford says. He's passing out fliers about his church's Christian halfway house, offering a 12-18 month stay for people.

The United Way of Central Carolinas is asking for donations to its critical relief fund to help residents.