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Buncombe County advisory committee votes to recommend AHSP clarification to accept housing authority rent standards for project-based vouchers
Summary
County staff proposed clarifications to the Affordable Housing Service Program (AHSP) guidelines to accept housing authority-established rent standards for project-based vouchers (PBVs) and to limit county funds being used for acquisition. The committee voted by voice to recommend approval to the full Board of County Commissioners.
Jonathan, a Buncombe County staff member, summarized proposed administrative revisions to the county—s Affordable Housing Service Program guidelines and told the committee the principal clarification concerns rent standards for project-based vouchers. "The language that staff have recommended is just a clarification that those rent standards established by the housing authority would be acceptable within the affordable housing service program," he said.
Jonathan explained how project-based vouchers (PBVs) work: they are tied to units rather than the tenant, and a…
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