Buncombe County is allowing more density without ensuring affordability
t QUESTIONABLE Summary: Buncombe County’s most recent rezoning request (which we’re referring to by the shorthand “Rogers rezoning”) expanded allowable housing types and could help address the housing shortage, but it included no guarantees that new development will...Meetings this Week
- Week of 4/13/26
The Buncombe County Commission meets this Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 at 3 pm for a briefing and then at 5 pm for their regular meeting. Both meetings will take place at 200 College Street in downtown Asheville: the briefing will take place in the First Floor Conference Room, and the regular meeting in the Commission Chambers on the Third Floor. You can watch the meetings online via Buncombe County's Facebook page. The full agenda for the briefing can be found here and for the regular meeting here.
Recently Resolved Issues
- Community needs a seat at the table as Asheville considers Performing Arts Center on The Block
- Asheville needs to adopt an anti-displacement policy
- Major county decisions are being made without an anti-displacement policy
- Long-term affordable housing can ease displacement pressure in Emma neighborhood
- Sardis Road rezoning example of “business as usual” in Asheville decision-making for housing
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