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HOME consortium application posted; Dec. 10 deadline, staff to help make recommendations
Summary
Staff said the City has posted the 2025–26 HOME consortium application (transcribed as posted by 'the city of Ashfield') with a Dec. 10 deadline; county staff will participate in funding recommendations that the consortium and Asheville City Council finalize in January.
Staff announced that the HOME consortium application for the 2025–26 funding round has been posted online (transcription identifies the posting city as "Ashfield"). The application includes funding categories such as down payment assistance, homeowner rehabilitation, tenant-based rental assistance and operating funds for community housing development organizations. "The city has posted the online application on their website... an application deadline of December 10," Staff member said.
Staff said county personnel will participate in the consortium review process and help make funding recommendations in January, which will be finalized with approval from the participating jurisdiction's city council. A committee member noted that "$300 k in down payment assistance isn't gonna go very far," voicing concern about the scale of down-payment funding relative to local housing costs. Staff said they expect the HOME consortium and county timelines to align and confirmed an information session series and an application review schedule.
