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“One in six of our neighbors are spending half of their check to keep a roof over their head,” explained Andy Barnett during the Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Aug. 6. The Executive Director of Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity went on to state: “It’s critical we continue to be bold.”
Barnett’s presentation to the Board outlined a project on the outskirts of West Asheville at 1801 Old Haywood Road that is slated to bring 98 affordable homes online. The Old Haywood Road Neighborhood is a 20-acre development that will consist of 66 townhomes and 32 single-family homes. Barnett said the mixture of housing is to, “Expand the kinds of homes we create to help a diverse group of families looking for homes. It’s a great opportunity to make sure we provide opportunities to broadest parts of the County that we possibly can.”
The overall cost of the project is $6,791,289, and construction is set to begin later this year with homes being complete in two phases; the first next year and the second in 2023. Commissioners approved providing $680,800 to the development.
“This is a great project. I appreciate everything you are doing,” noted Commission Chair Brownie Newman. “This provides permanent homeownership for families in our community.”
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