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Council amended the City’s Land Use Incentive Policy

October 22, 2019Asheville City Council

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What it does

Amends the City’s Land Use Incentive Policy.

  • Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
  • Who it's for: Households earning up to 60% of the area median income: up to $61,440 a year for a family of four, or $43,020 for one person (HUD's 2026 income limits for tax-credit housing in the Asheville area).
More from the minutes
  • “In November of 2010, City Council first adopted a Land Use Incentive Policy that provided incentives to encourage development projects that fulfill important public purposes directly addressing annual strategic goals set by Council like affordable housing.”
  • “Addition of points for serving Low Income Individuals & Families under 60% AMI”
  • “Points for Rehab / Redevelopment with added language that at a minimum, a 1 to 1 ratio of the redeveloped / rehabbed units must be targeted at the same Area Median Income (AMI) as the original units.”

Official title: Council amended the City’s Land Use Incentive Policy

Carried unanimously

From the minutes: This motion was seconded by Councilwoman Mayfield and carried unanimously.

Read the motion as recorded

“Vice-Mayor Wisler moved to amend the City’s Land Use Incentive Policy.”

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