The housing workgroup meeting focused on discussing housing issues in the region, establishing common goals, and planning for future engagement. Key points included: - Presenting initial housing statistics and identifying issues like affordability, homelessness, and lack of developable land. - Establishing common regional goals around promoting affordability, housing choices, and workforce housing while maintaining community character. - Discussing plans for an "Open House Style" public meeting called "Reality Check #1" to introduce the project and get feedback on goals. - Nominating members for a steering committee and planning future work sessions to develop housing scenarios to test in the regional model.

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

3. Today’s Objectives
• Come to understanding of
common goals
• Select nominations to Steering
Committee

4. Residential Building Permits- Study Area
Housing Stats 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Single Multi Single Multi Single Multi Single Multi Single Multi
Family Family Family Family Family Family Family Family Family Family
Buncombe 2026 121 1559 197 1011 634 621 284 604 978
Haywood 492 260 348 0 200 160 172 0 163 0
Henderson 1010 23 1248 0 444 0 311 0 226 0
Madison 222 0 169 0 87 0 67 0 52 0
Transyvania 233 0 236 0 152 0 76 0 98 2
3983 404 3560 197 1894 794 1247 284 1143 980
Residential Building Permits- Gro-WNC Region
4500
4000 Single Family Permits
Multi Family Permits
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

5. 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

6. Housing Goal Summary

7. 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

8. Goals Discussion

9. 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

10. 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)

11. Summer Work session
• Groups fully integrated
• Goal-centric
• Development of
scenarios & alternatives
to test in the model