Asheville releases plan to ease living costs: Rental help, reduce regulatory barriers

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Asheville releases plan to ease living costs: Rental help, reduce regulatory barriers

Asheville’s newly released 113-page Affordable Housing Plan doesn’t mince words when characterizing the crisis: Today, it says in the opening paragraphs, more than a third of all Asheville households are cost-burdened, paying more than 30% of their incomes on housing costs. Between 2015 and 2021, Asheville’s median rent increased 33% while median wages grew only 15%.