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Residents urge Asheville City Council to act on "missing middle" housing study and pair it with displacement protections
Summary
At an Asheville City Council meeting, more than a dozen residents and advocates urged the council to implement the 2023 missing middle housing study to expand housing options, curb displacement and reduce sprawl, while several speakers asked the city to pair changes with clear protections for legacy neighborhoods.
At a meeting of the Asheville City Council, residents and community groups urged the council to move from planning to action on the 2023 missing middle housing study and to couple any zoning changes with explicit protections for legacy neighborhoods.
Andrew Paul of Asheville for All, marking the study's two‑year anniversary, told the council that modest multiunit housing kept him in his neighborhood after displacement: "That apartment existed because of the historic middle housing possibilities that decades ago went missing," he said, urging the council to "get some movement on middle housing in the coming year." Several other speakers from Strong Towns, Asheville for All and neighborhood groups echoed that call.
Speakers presented multiple arguments for action: Scott Adams cited zoning maps and Buncombe County tax-parcel data to show that nearly half…
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