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Asheville staff outline year-long anti-displacement, affordable housing project with pilot tool and $8M in funding
Summary
City staff on March 19 presented a coordinated anti-displacement and affordable housing project that pairs regulatory changes with targeted funding, a displacement‑risk tool pilot (August), and council touch points in June and November; staff said roughly $8 million is expected to support down-payment assistance, land acquisition, homeowner repair and other mitigation measures.
City staff presented a coordinated anti‑displacement and affordable housing project to the Asheville City Council during a March 19 agenda briefing, outlining a March–December timeline that pairs housing production recommendations with tools meant to reduce displacement in high‑risk neighborhoods.
"The anti‑displacement and affordable housing project aims to pair new housing production with anti‑displacement protection," Communications and Public Engagement Director Dawa Hitch told council as she introduced the project, which draws on the Missing Middle housing study, a displacement risk assessment and the Affordable Housing Plan.
Assistant City Manager Ben Woody said staff intend to move several regulatory changes forward relatively quickly and to pilot a displacement‑vulnerability tool in August, with the tool finalized by November. "We intend to continue to iterate…
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