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WNC's chapter of YIMBY Action. Advocating for housing abundance, & diverse, affordable, and walkable communities in Asheville.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · 23h
The NC Senate returns next week, and HB369, which will end parking mandates statewide still has a chance to pass this year!

Read more about why it matters and how you can help:

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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · 9d
Our October meetup is on the calendar, please join us!

For more info: ashevilleforall.org/2025-10-23-m...
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · 13d
Say it with us: infill housing IS an anti-displacement strategy!

Last night one of our lead organizers spoke to Ashevilles P+Z commission about ADUs and the unfounded fears around them.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · 23d
This Thursday!
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Sep 5
Our September meetup is on the calendar, please join us!

For more info: ashevilleforall.org/2025-09-25-m...
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Sep 11
While we believe in the Housing Trust Fund’s role in helping to finance multifamily home construction, we’re interested to see what this new program might bring. TY to staff + council + the voters that approved this bond money!

www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...
A banner at the top reads “Citizen Times / Asheville allocates $10M to WNC loan fund for affordable rental housing.” Below that is a pull quote: “Staff are aware of at least eight affordable rental developments in the planning stages that will need gap financing.” The Asheville For All logo sits in the bottom corner.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Sep 10
They don’t pull punches on the latest episode of the Infill podcast!

Check out the interview with Daryl Fairweather:

infill.simplecast.com/episodes/che...
A banner at the top reads: “The Infill Podcast / Cheat Codes for Housing, Politics, and Prosperity.” Below that is a pull quote: “Where I live . . . there used to be a sign that said, ‘no Blacks, no Jews.’ . . . So it’s like, what was going on three generations ago when your family bought this house? . . . And what is the status quo you’re trying to protect?” The Asheville For All logo is in the bottom corner.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Sep 5
Our September meetup is on the calendar, please join us!

For more info: ashevilleforall.org/2025-09-25-m...
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Sep 2
Last week, Asheville City Council heard an important report about the city’s housing needs, and voted on housing too.

How did it go, and what’s a bucket of housing anyways? You can read all about it in our latest recap: ashevilleforall.org/2025-09-02-c...
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Aug 25
The latest regional housing study for our area highlights the need for our city to build ALL kinds of homes, so ALL kinds of people & families can continue to live here.

www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2...
A banner at the top reads: “Citizen Times / Asheville-area 2025 housing report: Over 23,000 households spend 50% of income on rent.“ Below that is a pull quote: “Over the next five years, the Asheville area will need to build over 34,000 units of housing to meet current demands as affordability remains a concern for Western North Carolina.” The Asheville For All logo sits in the bottom corner.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Aug 20
People want lower home prices for their cities. So why do some of them oppose new infill housing policies?

A fascinating new study on the disconnect:

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
A banner at the top reads: “Journal of Economic Perspectives / The Folk Economics of Housing.” Below that is a chart that shows that 85% of surveyed renters and 57% of surveyed homeowners desire housing costs in their city to be lower. The Asheville For All logo sits in the bottom corner.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Aug 12
It’s membership month for Asheville For All and our parent organization @yimbyaction.bsky.social !

Become a member NOW to get a free “People Over Parking” merch item of your choice.

ashevilleforall.org/join.html
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Aug 11
Our August meetup is on the calendar, please join us!

For more info: ashevilleforall.org/2025-08-28-m...
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Aug 6
Asheville residents are leaving the city because of high housing costs. The best way to prevent this displacement? Incentivize more infill homes.

www.pew.org/en/research-...
A banner at the top reads: “Pew / New Housing Slows Rent Growth Most for Older, More Affordable Units.” Below that is a pull quote: “Allowing enough homes for everyone improves affordability overall, but the evidence shows it benefits low-income renters most.” The Asheville For All logo sits in the bottom corner. A chart titled “Rents in Older, Less Expensive Apartments Decreased Most in High‑Supply Metropolitan Areas” shows a bar graph indicating that rents have decreased, by percentage, to a greater degree in lower rent apartments than higher rent ones, for the cities that have added more housing stock relative to their own populations than other cities.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Aug 4
Changes may be coming soon to the role of Asheville’s Housing Trust Fund. It’s a good time for an appreciation of the program, suggests one of our lead organizers:

ashevilleforall.org/2025-08-03-a...
A banner at the top reads: “Member Commentary / Asheville’s Housing Trust Fund: An Appreciation.” Below that is a pull quote: “Should the Housing Trust Fund go away . . . I do wonder if we lose . . . what makes government power unique and significant here.” The Asheville For All logo sits in the bottom corner.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jul 29
The City of Asheville’s latest report makes it clear— if we want to tackle housing AND transit costs, we need more housing in our walkable, high-amenity, high-opportunity neighborhoods.

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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jul 25
A small infill housing development proposed for South Asheville has met big opposition. Read our statement on why it matters.

ashevilleforall.org/2025-07-24-l...
A large pull quote reads: “Allowing infill homes near schools is a prerequisite for our city to act on its values of equity and inclusion.” The Asheville For All logo sits in the bottom corner.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jul 17
One week from today! Join us to discuss all things related to Asheville housing shortage and what we can do to change our land use policies.

More info: ashevilleforall.org/2025-07-24-m...
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jul 15
“In reality, the pro-housing movement aims to unrig the housing market, expand access, bring down prices for consumers, and redistribute power and wealth from the rich to everyone else.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A banner at the top reads: “The Atlantic / The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement.” Below that is a pull quote: “NIMBY activists and their allies are the ones engaged in a fundamentally conservative project: helping a landowning elite hoard wealth by preserving an unfair status quo.” The Asheville For All logo sits at the bottom corner.
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Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social · Jul 14
4-flats are starter homes. Triple-deckers are starter homes. Duplexes and townhouses are starter homes. Condos are starter homes (yes, even “luxury” condos). Legalize them all, everywhere.
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Paul Joice @pjoice.bsky.social · Jul 14
There's so much more the city could do. I live in a 4-flat. It was an affordable entry point to homeownership and we love it. But it's 130 years old. We should legalize them citywide and build more new ones!
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jul 10
A great, short video that explains why *all* your money is going to pay rent!

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A banner at the top reads: “Justine Underhill / They Tried Giving People Money to Buy Homes— Here's What Happened.” Below that is a pull quote: “If we don't make it legal and feasible to build more homes, every attempt to help people financially will just end up fueling higher rent instead of a higher quality of life.” The Asheville For All logo sits in the bottom corner.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jul 4
On the blog, one of our lead organizers answers the question of developing UNCA land for housing by asking a different question: “What do we want to say yes to?”

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A banner at the top reads: “Member Commentary: Should UNCA Build Housing On Land That It Owns?” Below that is a pull quote: “I do believe that thinking in terms of trade-offs—and in the process, asking ‘what do we want to happen?’ or ‘what do we want to say yes to?’—would greatly benefit all of the current conversations around land use in Asheville.” The Asheville For All logo sits in the bottom corner.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jul 2
Join us at our next meetup — we’ll be at Hi-Wire in the River Arts District!

For more info: buff.ly/yZO36aI
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jul 1
North Carolina is SO close to having parking mandates eliminated! Call your senator to help get us across the finish line!

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Text reads: “Action Alert! The NC House voted a staggering 107-0 to eliminate parking mandates statewide. That means the NC Senate is all that is in our way!” The Asheville For All logo is in the bottom corner.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jun 27
Big thanks to Asheville council and staff for passing this update for more affordable homes in our urban core:

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A banner at the top reads: “Blue Ridge Public Radio; Last night at Council: Asheville commits extra $5M to affordable housing project.” Below that is a pull quote: “All of [the] apartments will have their affordability locked in for 40 years, double the previously agreed period.” The Asheville For All logo sits at the bottom.
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Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org · Jun 23
Come on out this Thursday to talk all things housing-related!

RSVP and more info: buff.ly/7YozU2s
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