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Housing Workgroup Meeting

AGENDA

•Introductions•Keypad Polling•Purpose of today’s session•Presentation of initial findings•Explanation of Reality Check #1•Nominate folks for Steering Committee•Discussion

Today’s Objectives

• Come to understanding of common goals

• Select nominations to Steering Committee

Housing Stats Single Family

Multi Family

Single Family

Multi Family

Single Family

Multi Family

Single Family

Multi Family

Single Family

Multi Family

Buncombe 2026 121 1559 197 1011 634 621 284 604 978Haywood 492 260 348 0 200 160 172 0 163 0Henderson 1010 23 1248 0 444 0 311 0 226 0Madison 222 0 169 0 87 0 67 0 52 0Transyvania 233 0 236 0 152 0 76 0 98 2

3983 404 3560 197 1894 794 1247 284 1143 980

2010Residential Building Permits- Study Area

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Residential Building Permits- Gro-WNC Region

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Single Family Permits

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Housing Issues

• Affordability• Homelessness• Development Costs• Transportation and Housing Burden• Foreclosures and vacant housing• Aging Housing/Inadequate Stock • Aesthetics• Lack of developable land• Lack of affordable housing developers and production

builders

Housing Goal Summary

Goals common to the region

• Promote housing affordability• Promote housing choices• Increase the supply of workforce housing• Ensure development is consistent with existing

community character• Mitigate issues with code enforcement

Goals Discussion

Reality Check # 1

• One meeting in each county

• Open House Style• ‘Stations’ facilitated by

Workgroup and Project Team members

• Objective: – Introduce public to the

project – Get public feedback on

Goals & Objectives

Additional Discussion Points

• How do we present this information to the public during Reality Check?

• Ideas for separate complimentary projects• Examples of places/projects that do/do not

exemplify the goals• Project advocacy (ambassadors hosting

meetings, Facebook postings, Op-Eds)

Summer Work session

• Groups fully integrated• Goal-centric• Development of

scenarios & alternatives to test in the model