Dimple Ajmera
At-Large · Budget Committee · Term 2025–2027
Dimple Ajmera serves at-large on the Charlotte City Council and sits on the Budget Committee. During the FY2027 budget workshops, Ajmera pushed for a minimum $100 million affordable housing bond for the November 2026 referendum after city staff proposed cutting the amount to $50 million. During the April 13 staff recommendations review she called for policy changes to the Housing Trust Fund’s location scoring framework. The housing bond going to voters in November is $125 million.
Ajmera voted yes on the Crosland Southeast affordable housing project and has been active in zoning disputes over density and growth in Charlotte’s eastern corridor. She raised transit safety concerns following the killing of Iryna Zarutska on the Blue Line. On April 13, 2026, Ajmera led the council through the first post-sales-tax transit budget: $20M+ for CATS including Red Line design, Gateway Station, and a Blue Line safety study.
On the youth curfew, Ajmera made the Safety Committee motion in July to advance a 9 p.m. rule, saying, “This conversation is not about criminalizing our youth.” When the council approved a 10 p.m. pilot in September, she asked for results broken down by age, race, geography and enforcement outcome. She asked the city to put a number on its exposure before applying to the Justice Department’s Model Cities program, and asked whether the First Union tower conversion would include affordable housing.
In The Mercury
Charlotte Council Votes Unanimously for 150-Day Data Center Moratorium. Two Weeks Ago, It Was 5-5.
Data center moratorium · Ajmera quoted
Vi Lyles Will Resign as Charlotte Mayor on June 30. The Race to Replace Her Already Started.
Mayoral resignation · June 30
A 2.5-Million-Square-Foot Data Center Is Going Up off University City Boulevard.
Data center rules · 5-5 tie · Subject
Charlotte Housing Trust Fund Staff Picks Are In. The Questions Are Already Louder Than the Numbers.
HTF staff recommendations · Called for policy change on location scoring
Charlotte City Council Passes First Post-Sales-Tax Transit Budget, Sends Street Vending Back to Committee
April 13 business meeting · Led transit budget adoption
Six Council Members Voted for Affordable Housing in East Charlotte. Four Who Champion Equity Voted No.
Crosland Southeast zoning vote · March 23, 2026
What The Mayor Pro Tem Vote Reveals About Charlotte's New City Council
Council dynamics and early alignment
Charlotte City Council Approves $4.3M Transit Authority Start-Up
MPTA funding and infrastructure contracts
Charlotte Council Clashes Over Growth, Trust, and Traffic at Aug. 18 Zoning Meeting
Zoning disputes and density debates
Iryna Zarutska: What Happened, What Changed, and Why Charlotte Has to Get Serious
Transit safety and CATS reform
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