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Buncombe partners with Thrive Asheville on MacArthur-funded Just Home planning process
Summary
Thrive Asheville and county staff described a five-month, community-driven planning effort under the MacArthur Foundation's Just Home initiative to design housing solutions for people involved in the justice system; completion of the plan may unlock up to $5 million in capital funding.
Thrive Asheville and Buncombe County staff told the subcommittee on Oct. 8 that the county is participating in the MacArthur Foundation's Just Home initiative and is carrying out a rapid five-month planning process to design housing strategies for justice-involved people.
The county is one of nine communities selected for the national Just Home planning grant. Thrive Asheville is serving as a local partner to gather lived-experience input, run community outreach and help draft the county's application to MacArthur that could unlock up to $5,000,000 in capital and program support for housing for justice-involved residents.
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