Housing debate centers on manufactured homes, 'missing middle' and anti‑displacement strategies
Planners and participants debated loosening zoning to allow more manufactured housing and measures to protect existing residents from displacement, while asking staff to draft actions that promote 'missing middle' housing and deeply affordable units and to research advocacy options and incentives.
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The Buncombe County planning discussion turned to housing affordability and displacement, with participants weighing short‑term measures such as allowing more single‑wide or manufactured homes against longer‑term concerns about concentrated low‑quality housing and neighborhood character.
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