Post on 28-Nov-2014
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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
2006 2007 2008 2009
Residential Building Permits- Gro-WNC Region
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Single Family Permits
Multi Family Permits
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