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From YouTube: Asheville Regional Housing Consortium – February 2, 2023
Description
Regular meeting of the Asheville Regional Housing Consortium.
Access the agenda and other meeting materials at the City of Asheville website: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/department/city-clerk/boards-and-commissions/asheville-regional-housing-consortium/
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C
B
Chair
of
the
Asheville
Regional
Housing
Consortium
I'd,
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
February
2nd
meeting.
This
meeting
will
be
largely
led
by
Baker
till
we
as
we
discuss
the
upcoming
home
art
plan.
We're
streaming
live
on:
Virtual
engagement,
Hub
Hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
Hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
the
city's
website.
B
We
also
have
an
option
for
the
public
to
listen
live
and
you
can
do
so
by
calling
in
at
855-925-2801
and
you'll
enter
the
meeting
code
8763
for
those
of
you
out
there
listening
and
joining
us
today
welcome
I'm,
going
to
go
through
a
brief
introduction
and
I
want
to
call
your
name
if
you
could
just
give
us
like
a
hello
I'm
here,
we'll
announce
board
members
and
staff
leadership.
So
if
you
could
come
off
mute
as
I
say
your
name,
let's
see
I
believe
Robin
Merrell
cannot
join
us
today.
A
D
B
Rufa
yeah
I
saw
him
hey
there.
I
can't
see
your
video,
but
I
do
see
you
there
Elizabeth
Hansen.
B
Okay,
I
saw
his
name
come
up
in
the
queue,
so
maybe
he'll
join
us
again.
Matthew
card
I
think
cannot
be
with
us.
Oh
no,.
B
There
you
are
okay,
I
thought:
I
saw
your
name
everybody's,
so
small
on
my
screen.
Sorry
Forest
are
you
with
us
today,
I,
don't
think
so.
Ricky
Hurley,
we
have
Ricky.
B
Kate,
are
you
with
us
and
Alice
there?
You
are
Alice
here,
hi,
okay,
great
I'm,
going
to
introduce
a
couple:
City
staff
as
well:
Community
Development,
Division
manager,
Jonathan
Jones
good
morning
and
community
and
economic
development
director
Nikki
Reed
good
morning.
Everyone
good
morning.
D
B
Have
this
meeting
run
by
Baker
Chilli
and
just
give
us
lots
of
information
and
we'll
move
into
an
open
discussion?
So
if
you're
listening
at
home,
we
have
two
things
on
the
agenda.
We've
already
moved
to
item
number
two,
which
is
the
Hallmark
overview
and
then
we'll
just
have
item
number
three
discussion
and.
C
G
Hey
good
morning,
yeah
I
can
I
can
kick
off
introductions
for
our
team
yeah.
My
name
is
it's
Elias
Mathis.
Everyone
calls
me
Ely.
For
short,
it's
great
to
be
on
the
call
with
you
all
today,
I'm
manager,
on
Baker,
Tilly's
housing
and
economic
development
team.
We
work
with
a
lot
of
different
public
sector
clients
in
cities
around
the
country
on
a
lot
of
Federal
grant
programs
and
have
been
doing
quite
a
bit
of
work
with
the
home
ARP
program
lately
and.
C
G
Background
is
in
urban
planning
and
prior
to
going
into
Consulting
I
actually
worked
with
the
city
of
Asheville
and
managed
the
city's
Transit
planning
division,
so
I'm
really
excited
to
be
back
working
with
Asheville
and
really
looking
forward
to
the
conversation
on
today's
call
and
I'll
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Monique
Gaston
who's.
Our
project
manager
for
the
team.
H
Good
morning,
everyone,
as
Ellie
mentioned
my
name,
is
Monique
Caston
work
with
Baker
Tilly
I'm
sitting
in
our
Chicago
office,
been
with
Baker
Tilly
for
almost
three
years,
it'll
be
three
years
and
probably
about
five
weeks,
which
is
crazy,
since
that's
all
pandemic,
but
I
have
about
16
years
worth
of
experience
working
within
a
professional
setting,
as
it
relates
to
Grants
management
and
affordable,
affordable
housing
as
well.
So
looking
forward
to
the
call
today,
thank
you,
foreign.
I
I've
been
with
Baker
Tilly
close
to
seven
months
now,
but
my
background
kind
of
on
the
ground
with
state
and
local
work
is
through
Workforce
economic
and
Community.
Development.
Look
forward
to
our
conversation
today
about
Asheville
and
and
your
needs
as
it
relates
to
home,
Erp
and
I
will
pass
it
to
Baron
I.
Think
I
saw
him
pop
on.
C
Yes,
but
can
you
hear
me
everybody?
Yes,
my
name
is
Baron
Bell
I'm,
actually
with
Community
Development
experts
working
with
the
baker,
Tilly
team,
I'm,
a
expert
in
federal
Housing
and
Community
Development
programs,
where
I
worked
for
the
past
25
years,
I
worked
at
headquarters
with
the
policy
provision
and
director
of
the
community
planning
and
development
department
and
I'm
glad
to
be
here
as
a
part
of
our
mandatory
citizen
participation
process
in
administering
the
American
Rescue
plan
grant
for
persons
who
are
at
a
need
of
housing.
Thank
you.
Oklahoma.
G
We
want
to
share
that
information,
the
findings
that
we
have
and
then
really
use
today
as
a
listening
session,
to
hear
feedback
from
this
organization
as
we're
moving
forward
with
developing
the
draft
allocation
plan
for
the
home,
Erp
funding,
so
to
kick
things
off
alternative
or
to
Daniel,
and
he
can
walk
through
a
PowerPoint
that
we
have.
That
summarizes
a
little
bit
of
how
the
program
funds
can
be
used
and
the
different
feedback
that
we've
received
so
far.
A
A
I
Yeah
so
Haley
mentioned,
or
as
either
mentioned,
we're
going
to
start
out
by
covering
home,
ARP
I
know.
I
Many
of
you
know
the
ins
and
outs
of
home
therapy,
or
at
least
the
home
program,
so
I'm
not
going
to
belabor
that
very
much
discuss
what
we're
doing
to
ensure
that
Asheville
receives
their
home
AARP
funding
through
the
allocation
plan
that
we're
putting
together
as
well
as
talk
about
a
few
survey
results
and
we
can
dive
deeper
into
survey
results
after
the
presentation
is
over,
but
we
wanted
to
kind
of
discuss
the
the
top
three
results
there
before
moving
forward
into
conversation
so,
first
and
foremost
home
ARP.
I
So
the
home
investment
partnership
program
is
an
annual
program
from
HUD.
Again,
like
I
said
many
of
you
are
probably
familiar
with
us.
It
provides
grants
to
State
and
local
governments
to
create
affordable
housing
for
low-income
households
and
home.
Arp
is
a
bit
of
an
extension
of
that
program
through
the
American
Rescue
plan,
which
is
allocated
five
billion
dollars
across
the
U.S
to
participate
in
jurisdictions.
I
If
a
participating
jurisdiction
in
the
U.S
was
eligible
for
home
funding
in
2021
for
school
year,
2021,
they
were
eligible
for
a
home
ARP
funding
allocation
as
well,
and
it
is
specific
to
helping
individuals
or
households
who
are
homeless
or
at
risk
of
homelessness
and
other
vulnerable
populations
by
providing
housing,
rental
assistance,
Supportive,
Services
and
non-congregate
shelter,
so
Asheville,
the
Asheville
Regional
Housing
Consortium
allocation
is
almost
4.7
million
and,
of
course
this
is
one-time
funding.
I
We
want
to
make
sure
that's
communicated
when
or
or
to
keep
top
of
mind
when
discussing
what
the
funding
will
be
used
for,
because
it
is
a
one-time
allocation.
I
I
Any
questions
along
the
way
through
this
presentation,
let
me
know-
and
you
can
come
off
mute
I-
may
not
be
able
to
see
your
I
likely
will
not
be
able
to
see
your
face
or
anyone
raising
hands
so
feel
free
to
come
off
me
if
you
would
like
so
eligible
populations
are
activities
for
home
ARP
the
eligible
populations
that
the
funding
is
trying
to
to
reach
or
help
are
those
that
are
homeless,
those
that
are
at
risk
of
homelessness,
those
that
are
fleeing
or
attempting
to
flee
domestic
violence,
Dating
Violence,
sexual
assault,
stalking
or
human
trafficking
that
includes
their
families.
I
Other
populations,
we're
providing
Supportive,
Services
or
assistance,
would
prevent
the
family's
homelessness
or
would
serve
those
at
greater
risk
of
homelessness
and
also
veterans
and
families
that
include
a
veteran
that
meets
one
of
those
preceding
criteria
and
eligible
activities.
What
the
funding
can
be
used
for
and
really
what
we've
been
focused
on
determining
through
our
state
quarter,
Outreach
and
surveys
to
determine
what
the
funding
will
be
used
for
is
the
production
or
preservation
of
affordable
housing,
senate-based
rental
assistance,
Supportive
Services
we'll
go
through
that
list
and
then
the
purchase
and
development
of
non-congregate
shelter.
I
Absolutely
yeah
we
can.
We
can
send
that
via
email
through
an
attachment,
we'll
we'll
work
with
the
city
to
determine
the
best
course
of
action
to
get
that
out
to
you.
I
You
so
supportive
services
that
can
be
covered
with
the
funding
include
case
management,
Child,
Care,
Education,
Services,
food,
Mental,
Health,
Services,
outpatient,
Health,
Outreach,
Services,
Housing,
search
and
counseling
life
skills,
training,
assistance
with
moving
costs,
substance,
abuse,
Treatment,
Services,
Transportation,
legal
services
and
employment,
assistance
and
job
training,
and
don't
think
you
have
to
fervently
write
all
this
down.
We
can
go
back
and
view
this
PowerPoint
or
specific
slide
during
our
conversation,
as
well
with
the
home
ARP
allocation
plan,
which
I
discuss,
is
really
the
bulk
of
our
work.
What
we're?
I
After
receiving
five
percent
for
the
allocation
for
program,
admin
and
planning
PJs
are
required
to
submit
the
home
Erp
allocation
plan
as
an
amendment
to
the
2021
annual
action
plan
for
HUD
to
review
so
and
and
this
allocation
plan.
That
has
to
be
submitted
as
an
amendment
must
be
submitted
by
March,
31st
2023,
so
two
short
months
away
really.
A
I
And
allocation
planner
requirements
so,
while
putting
together
the
draft
allocation
plan
and
allocation
plan,
we've
got
to
get
to
the
consultation
process,
which
is
what
we're
doing
now
and
what
we've
done
with
stakeholders
go
through
public
participation
process.
We
have
those
dates
in
a
couple
slides
for
you:
completion
of
A
needs
assessment
and
GAP
analysis.
We'll
go
over
a
little
bit
of
that
today,
as
well,
and
home
ARP
activities
must
be
established
so
again
what
the
funding
will
be
spent
on
home,
ARP
production,
housing
goals.
I
I
Units
are
we
going
to
create
with
this
funding
preferences
must
be
established
and
home
ARP
refinancing
guidelines
must
be
set
if
the
funding
is
used
for
the
refinancing
of
multi-family,
affordable
housing.
I
So
for
consultation
and
feedback,
we
gathered
via
virtual
meetings
for
for
the
region
and
we
split
these
up
into
County
meetings,
as
some
of
you
were
involved
in
those,
so
the
first
one
was
held
on
the
18th
of
January.
This
was
Madison
County.
I
The
second
was
the
19th
with
Henderson
County
and
the
third
and
fourth
were
both
on
the
20th
and
those.
Those
two
meetings
were
the
Transylvania
and
Buncombe
counties.
Total
of
51
agencies
were
invited
to
participate
and
31
individuals
representing
22
agencies,
participated
in
at
least
one
Focus
Group.
I
All
of
the
data
and
comments
for
those
meetings
were
Consolidated
into
kind
of
an
Excel
sheet,
and
we
I
had
that
today
too,
for
conversation
to
review
and
discuss
what
the
focus
groups
brought
up,
including
these
three
areas
of
need
that
were
highly
identified.
If
you
will,
all
of
those
Consolidated
notes
will
be
included
in
the
ARP
plan,
so
you
know
it'll
be
public.
If
you'd
like
to
look
at
those,
we
can.
You
know
share
this
as
well,
but
three
areas
of
need
were
identified
through
those
focus
groups.
I
The
first
was
production
and
preservation
of
affordable
housing
units,
and
that
was
region-wide.
Non-Congregate
shelter
was
second
in
the
Supportive.
Service
is
third,
the
other.
What
being
tbra
was
not
necessarily
focused
on
and
I'll
just
go
ahead
and
cover
this?
I
Not
that
tbra
is
not
needed,
but
that,
as
of
now,
there
isn't
really
any
more
room
for
tdra
vouchers
when
it
comes
to
people
searching
for
affordable
housing
and
using
those
vouchers,
because
the
housing
stock
is
so
low.
So
we
can
of
course
discuss
that
in
a
bit
as
well
and
so
surveys
that
publishes
participation
feedback.
We
received
302
combined
English
and
Spanish
surveys,
which
is
you
know
fantastic.
It
was
a
great
response
from
the
community,
so
we're
happy
about
that.
I
apologize
that
these
are
a
little
blurry.
I
These
survey
screenshots,
but
when
asked
to
rank
community
housing
needs
on
the
survey
con,
and
this
is
so.
This
is
a
ranking
system
between
one
through
four
construction,
new,
affordable
housing,
additional
emergency
shelter,
additional
Supportive,
Services
and
then
housing
vouchers
for
low
to
moderate
income,
people
additional
or
I'm.
Sorry,
construction
of
new,
affordable
housing
was
ranked
as
the
most
important
followed
by
additional
emergency
shelter.
I.
I
Really
quick
because
this
was
a
ranking
system.
So
if
you
can
see
the
you
know
say
number
one
with
construction:
new,
affordable
housing,
the
red
signifies
the
first
choice.
So
if
someone
was
ranking
these
and
that
shows
their
first
choice
as
construction
for
affordable
housing,
it's
showing
up
in
red
here.
So
43
of
respondents
rank
construction
of
new
and
affordable
housing
as
their
first
choice.
I
25.7
shows
additional
emergency
shelter
as
their
first
choice.
17.9
percent
chose
additional
Supportive
Services
as
their
first
choice
and
13.2
percent
shows
housing,
housing
vouchers
as
their
first
choice,
but.
I
I
91
shows
transitional
housing
and
then
38
chose
non-congregate,
emergency
shelter,
so
affordable
rental,
housing
being
you
know,
Far
and
Beyond
the
most
important
to
respondents
and
when
residents
were
asked
what
they
have
observed
to
be
the
greatest
Gap
in
services
or
unmet
needs
in
the
community
for
individuals
at
risk
of
or
of
or
currently
experiencing,
homelessness.
Mental
Health
Services
was
ranked,
you
know
Far
and
Beyond
the
greatest
needs.
So
around
145
people,
146.
I
I,
chose
mental
health
services,
employment
related
Services
came
in
at
51
and
then
we
had
40
responders
other
way.
I
went
through
many
of
those
responses.
If
you
mark
other,
you
have.
The
ability
to
you
know
write
in
an
answer
most
related
to
drug
rehab,
which
falls
under
mental
health.
I
But
specifically,
you
know
things
like
drug
rehab.
With
allowance
for
pets.
We
had
answers.
You
know
saying
that
all
are
interconnected
and
important:
they
didn't
want
to
choose
one
that
was
a
bulk
of
those
other
again
all
the
things
but
housing
first,
so
you
know
people
saying
all
of
these
services
are
important,
but
I
still
vote
housing
first
before
these
services
are
offered
for
this
funding
and
then
comprehensive
support
services.
So
again,
all
of
these
services
are
needed,
but
that
was
the
bulk
of
the
other
there.
I
Okay,
so
those
are
the
three
survey
questions
we
wanted
to
cover
and
again
we
can
go
over
those
in
more
detail
later.
If
you
would
like.
I
Am
going
to
pass
these
next
two
slides
to
Baron
to
discuss
the
point
in
time:
counts.
C
Thank
you,
Daniel,
okay.
So
what
we
see
here
are
the
point
in
time.
Survey
counts
jurisdictions
that
receive
funds
from
the
federal
Housing
Community
Development
programs
are
are
asked
to
do
a
point
in
time,
one
day,
survey,
which
is
generally
in
January
to
determine
the
number
of
homeless
persons
on
that
day
that
are
either
sheltered
or
unsheltered.
So
the
results
that
we
have
here
is
for
the
point
in
time
count
that
was
done
in
January
of
2022..
C
C
So
what
we
have
here,
Emergency
Shelters,
on
the
point
of
time
survey
we
had,
for
example,
in
the
left
corner
there
10
units
to
having
28
beds
for
families,
that's
with
children
under
the
age
of
18.,
and
then
we
had
adult
Beds,
which
were
just
single
beds
in
in
congregate,
housing,
176
beds,
available
with
five
veterans
residing
in
those
beds.
C
The
stay
is
generally
limited
to
like
a
60-day
period,
and
then
we
try
to
get
people
into
transitional
housing,
which
generally
is
a
24
month
two-year
housing
arrangement
with
supports
to
trying
to
get
the
people
to
a
more
permanent
housing
solution,
so
that
next
one
is
permanent,
Supportive
Housing,
which
is
also
a
publicly
assisted
housing
option
that
provides
for
persons
Supportive
Housing
generally,
it
might
be
somebody
that
lives
on
site.
C
There's
some
sort
of
you
know
care
and
follow-up
with
these
persons
who
are
determined
that
they
cannot
live
independently
without
these
supports,
and
then
you
have
other
types
of
permanent
housing
housing.
So
that's
the
current
inventory
that
we
had
on
the
point
of
time
survey
and
you
kind
of
focus
in
on
the
middle.
We
have
our
homeless
population
so
again,
homeless
are
people
who
are
living
in
a
situation,
that's
not
designed
for
a
permanent
housing,
and
we
have
two
types:
sheltered
and
the
unsheltered
homeless,
so
sheltered
homeless.
C
Those
are
our
families
that
you
see
below,
and
then
we
have
our
sheltered
and
unsheltered
homeless.
So
we
can
see
from
this
point
in
time
survey
that
we
had
a
570,
some
odd
households,
adults
without
children
who
were
enumerated
as
even
in
a
shelter
or
unsheltered
during
the
point
in
time
survey
so
that
category
of
persons
would
be
our
greatest
need.
According
to
the
data
available
in
the
COC,
then
we
have
at
the
end
of
that
column
the
Gap
analysis.
C
We
have
to
be
announced
or
to
be
determined
that
should
be-
and
this
is
what
we're
doing
with
the
process.
Sometimes
the
data
that
we
have
doesn't
tell
the
complete
story,
and
this
is
why
we
have
to
have
citizens,
participation
and
consultations
with
stakeholders
to
really
try
to
come
up
with
a
gap
in
Services,
which
again
is
not
a
a
fixed
thing.
It's
more
so
of
a
an
art.
C
You
know
if
you
will
will
be
taking
data
and
also
with
our
consultations
to
determine
you
know
what
the
gaps
are,
and
so
that's
why
that's
blank,
because
we're
still
in
the
process
of
determining
that
all
right
and
we
go
to
the
next
slide
that
we
have
here.
So
again.
This
is
the
Continuum
of
Care
Now.
We
also
have
the
balance
of
State
Continuum,
and
these
are
what
these
numbers
show.
So
we
have
Henderson
Madison
in
Transylvania.
C
According
to
the
number
the
number
of
households
we
had
in
those
Three
Counties
or
20,
and
totaling
66
persons-
and
then
you
see
in
this
chart
here
the
types
of
housing
situations.
An
important
takeaway
is
that
emergency
shelter
we
had
44
persons
in
the
persons
in
the
emergency,
shelter
for
Henderson
16
for
Madison
and
33
for
Transylvania,
so
that's
93
in
emergency
housing,
and
then
we
had
three
four
residing
in
transitional
housing,
which
generally
again
these
numbers
with
it
only
being
three.
C
It
might
not
indicate
that
there's
not
a
need
for
transitional
housing.
It
could
also
indicate
that
there's
not
enough
services
within
those
Three
Counties
for
transitional
housing.
So
all
of
this
information
takes
collaboration,
again,
consultation
input,
feedback,
type
of
citizens
and
the
government's
there
to
determine
the
best
use
of
the
ARP
funds,
all
right.
C
So
those
are
those
two
slides
there
and
then
allow
me
to
mention
here
Daniel
that
the
ARP
funds
are
not
just
for
persons
who
are
homeless,
and
you
saw
that
our
number
one
survey
use
of
funds
is
production
of
affordable
housing
units.
So,
in
addition
to
persons
who
are
homeless,
ARP
funds
also
can
be
used
for
households
that
are
at
risk
of
homelessness.
So
you
can
have
an
understanding
of
what
that
is.
C
So
that's
a
year
to
give
you
an
understanding
of
real
numbers,
so,
in
addition
to
those
income
levels,
if
we
had
persons
who
don't
have
support
networks,
they're
living
in
a
hotel,
motel
that
they're
paying
for
out
of
their
pocket
or
they
have
a
and
they
receive
a
notice
that
they
must
leave
their
current
housing
situation
within
like
20
days
of
filing
for
an
application
or
they
live
in
some
sort
of
car
and
get
housing
where
there's
more
than
1.5
persons
per
room.
C
Those
are
some
of
the
other
conditions
that
can
designate
a
person
as
or
household
as
at
risk
of
homelessness.
Then
also
we
can
provide
services
to
persons
who
are
what's
called
under
the
grant
at
greatest
risk
of
housing
instability,
so
those
at
greater
risk
of
housing
instability.
They
have
some
of
the
similar
income,
other
social
conditions
as
those
at
risk
of
homelessness.
The
big
difference
is
those
individuals.
Incomes
can
be
up
to
50
percent
and
below
the
the
median
area
income.
C
So,
for
an
example
again
for
the
Asheville
area
for
a
one-person
household,
that
50
limit,
which
is
called
very
low
income,
is
twenty
eight
thousand
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
for
a
family
of
four.
That
amount
goes
up
to
forty
thousand
one
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
a
year.
C
So,
in
addition
to
the
homelessness,
those
are
the
main
categories
that
we
have
persons
who
are
at
risk
of
homeless
and
then
persons
who
are
greater
risk
of
housing
instability
and
also,
if
you
recall
from
our
slide,
we
have
individuals
who
are
fleeing
domestic
violence
or
domestic
stalking
is
a
target
Group
which
is
not
so
much
about
their
incomes,
but
about
that
condition
of
them
being
victims
of
domestic
violence.
And
then
within
several
of
these
population
groups
we
can
have.
C
A
Yes,
thank
you,
Baron
we're
just
about
to
wrap
up.
I
I
The
public
comment
period
that
I
mentioned
that's
required
throughout
the
allocation
plan
process
is
going
to
be
from
March
6
to
March.
K
I
So
we'll
be
moving
fairly
quickly
over
the
next
two
months
to
to
get
this
plan
completed
and
presented
for
for
a
final
approval
and.
A
I
Is
it
for
the
presentation
before
we
get
into
discussion?
Are
there
any
questions
about
home
ARP
any
of
the
items
that
were
discussed
during
the
presentation,
any
questions
specific
for
Baron
on
the
intricacies
of
the
funding
we
can
answer
those
now
before
we
get
started
and,
of
course,
have
availability
to
answer
this
throughout.
B
D
Go
ahead,
I'll
ask
a
question:
that's
just
for
for
our
general
awareness
So.
The
plan
requires
that
we
designate
the
types
of
projects
that
we
want
to
pursue.
It
doesn't
necessarily
mean
we
need
to
award
it
to
particular
non-profits
to
carry
out
the
work.
Is
that
right?
Can
you
just
share
a
little
bit
about
exactly
what
you're
aiming
toward
with
the
plan
itself?
Yes,.
C
That
is
absolutely
correct.
The
purpose
of
the
plan
is
to
say
what
types
of
housing
or
Supportive
Service
activities
will
be
funded
and
for
which
eligible
population
groups,
but
we
do
not
have
to
deter
to
designate
in
the
plan
one
specific
site,
location
or
developer,
who
might
do
an
actual
project?
That's
not
a
requirement
of
the
plan.
C
B
B
G
G
This
information
to
you
all
and
hear
from
you
again
use
it
more
as
a
listening
session
to
see
what
your
thoughts
are
on
the
data
and
get
your
opinions
and
thoughts
about
eligible
uses
for
the
funding,
and
you
know
we
can
drill
down
in
more
detail
on
specific
data
points
that
we've
collected,
or
you
know,
information
that
we've
received.
But
again
you
know
more
than
anything,
it's
hearing
from
you
all
about
what
the
priorities
are
based
on
these
responses.
B
I
Yes,
sorry,
one
moment
I'm
just
trying
to
pull
up
the
focus
group
Excel
and
you
know
what
I'll
do
I'll
go
ahead
and
share
this
Excel,
which
highlights
the
agencies
and
their
feedback.
So.
I
Okay,
so
this
Excel
sheet
is
really
a
layout
of
what
you
will
see
in
the
home
ARP
allocation
draft
plan
that
will
be
submitted.
So
it
includes
all
the
organizations
consulted
the
type
of
organization
as
required
by
Hud.
We
are
required
to
meet
a
certain
type
of
or
organizations
that
serves
people
that.
I
Better
in
populations,
elderly
populations,
youth,
so
we
did
hit
all
those
marks
through
the
consultation
process,
the
method
of
consultation,
so
how
we
met
with
them
most
was
virtual
meetings.
Some
wasn't
me
a
phone
call
and
we
received
some
additional
follow-up
comments
after
the
focus
groups
and
then
just
kind
of
highlighting
feedback.
Here
this
is
not
dispersed
into
separate
counties.
I
It's
just
you
know
all
in
one
is
HUD
requires,
but
the
organizations
consulted
are
just
down
these
left
sides,
so
the
Salvation,
Army
and
hot
springs:
that's
Madison,
Only,
Hope
Thrive
for
health,
safe
flights,
Henderson
County,
Planning
city
of
Hendersonville,
Aura,
home
women,
vets,
Transylvania,
County,
Habitat
for
Humanity,
Transylvania,
County,
Sharing,
House,
The,
Haven
of
Transylvania,
County
city
of
Brevard
and
housing
assistance,
Corporation,
legal
Homeward,
Bound,
Asheville,
Housing,
Authority,
wnc
Bridge
against
his
illegal
there's,
a
separate
County
Sunrise
via
Health
Buncombe,
County
Planning
and
Development
Community
Housing
Coalition
of
Madison
County,
Madison,
County,
Housing,
Authority,
Haywood,
Pathways,
Center
and
Blue
Ridge
health.
I
So
that's
who
all
we
received
feedback
from
focus
groups
or
email
or
phone
conversations,
and
we
of
course
also
have
the
stakeholder
responses
from
the
state
quarter
survey.
So
separate,
and
apart
from
the
community
survey
that
was
sent,
we
had
the
state
quarter,
survey
go
out
and
it
went
to
the
full
list
of
state
quarters
that
we
received,
which
included
the
COC
and
any
COC
agencies
and
any
agencies
that
provide
these
type
services
to
the
community.
G
I'm
glad
you
mentioned
that
Daniel
I
did
want
to
call
that
out
too,
with
the
the
stakeholder
survey
we
received
34
responses
to
that.
So,
and
you
know
that's
in
addition
to
people
that
were
able
to
attend
the
focus
group
meetings
and.
G
Fairly
similar
to
what
we
were
Hearing
in
the
meetings
and
a
couple
of
points
really
stood
out
to
me
from
that
when
asked
about
you
know
the
the
greatest
issues
in
the
community
91
selected,
lack
of
affordable
rental
housing
is
the
the
top
issue
and
a
similar
question
related
to
the
the
highest
priority
for
this
funding.
79
of
stakeholders
identified
development
of
more
affordable
housing
as
their
priority.
Those
were
just
two
questions
that
you
know
really
jumped
out.
G
Typically,
when
we've
done
this,
we
don't
see
such
clear
results,
but
it
seems,
there's
there's
definitely
a
lot
of
interest
in
looking
at
either
transitional
housing
or
long-term
Housing
Solutions.
G
That
looked
like
Emily
raised
her
hand.
F
Yes,
I
did.
This
is
Emily
with
the
city
of
Brevard.
I
can't
speak
to
all
of
the
other
focus
groups,
but
I
I
really
appreciate
the
fact
that
it
was
such
a
robust
conversation
and
we
had
such
a
good
group
in
the
Transylvania
County
Focus
Group
in
particular.
I
thought
it
was
really
a
beneficial
call
not
only
for
this
process,
but
for
all
of
us,
so
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
facilitating
that
discussion
and
being
able
to
help
us
with
that.
But
I
also
wanted
to
say
it's.
F
It's
very
interesting
to
me
that
the
top
three
priorities
from
our
discussion
are
the
same
across
the
board
with
all
these
other
counties,
and
so
I
think
that's
reassuring
that
we're
moving
in
the
right
direction,
with
this
allocation
plan
to
to
hear
that
a
lot
of
the
feedback
is
pretty
consistent.
So
thank
you.
G
Yeah
I
think
that's
a
really
interesting
point
when
we
started
this
process
and
the
way
where
we
set
the
meetings
up
based
on
different
geographies
I
was
actually
expecting
to
see
pretty
significant
differences
in
the
responses
that
we
got
but
really
across
the
board.
We
were
hearing
kind
of
those
same
issues
coming
through
and
the
same
priorities
so.
E
And
I'll
chime
in
here
just
for
a
minute
to
say,
like
part
of
the
strategy
as
we
as
the
city
worked
with
Baker
Tilly
to
you
know
develop
those
focus.
Groups
was
to
you
know,
make
opportunities
for
to
the
different
communities
the
different
counties,
to
provide
to
provide
that
feedback,
but
then
also
to
use
this
meeting
as
an
opportunity
for
the
Consortium
itself
to
provide
feedback
observations.
E
Thoughts
because
you
know
we've
got
the
we've
got
the
general
public
that
we
that
we
are
going
to
be
reaching
out
to
or
that
we've
been
reaching
out
to
at
the
surveys.
E
We've
talked
to
specific
stakeholders,
but
then
we
also
wanted
to
provide
the
Consortium
with
sort
of
a
an
opportunity
for
the
same
kind
of
robust
discussion
that
Emily's
talking
about
occurred
in
some
of
the
individual
focused
groups,
so
sort
of
tying
that
all
together
earlier
in
the
process,
rather
than
compiling
all
of
that
information
and
then
sharing
it
later
in
in
the
development
of
the
plan.
So
hopefully,
this
is
this.
Is
that
opportunity
for,
for
you
all
to
weigh
in
on
on
thoughts
and
what
you're
seeing
in
your
individual
communities.
B
Okay
well
I
appreciate
seeing
the
list
of
organizations
and
this
amount
of
feedback
I
think
it's
going
to
be
helpful
in
understanding.
We've
had
a
pretty
broad
reach
throughout
the
region.
B
I
don't
have
any
more
questions
of
myself
I
suppose
we
can
wrap
it
up
if
everybody
else
has
had
all
of
their
questions
answered.
D
Nikki,
if
we
are
in
the
place
of
wrapping
up
I,
just
wanted
to
start
talking
about
next
steps,
because
I
think
it
was
great
to
see
from
Baker
Tilly
what
we
anticipate
as
far
as
next
steps
for
meeting
that
HUD
deadline.
So
you
all
are
seeing
that
there'll
be
a
meeting
convened
of
this
group
later
on.
D
To
then
hear
that
draft
allocation
plan
and
then
proceeding
as
part
of
the
process
through
a
public
comment
period
which
will
begin
in
March
6th
and
then
a
public
hearing
at
city
council
says
the
PJ
for
the
home
Consortium
region
that
will
go
through
the
Asheville
city
council
process
to
host
the
public
hearing
on
March
14th
and
then
have
that
presentation
of
the
final
plan
on
March
28th,
which
of
course
gets
us
right
on
time
for
that
March
31st
plan
allocation
submission
to
HUD.
D
So
we're
excited
about
these
next
steps
in
the
coming
weeks.
I
did
want
to
take
a
moment
to
highlight
new
staff
that
we
have
onboarded
I,
don't
know
if
this
team
has
met
Miranda
Masters
yet
and
so
Miranda
is
virtually
on
the
screen.
There.
Miranda
is
our
official
home
ARP
staff
member
who
is
helping
to
work
with
Baker
Tilly
and
is
helping
to
guide
us
through
this
process,
and
then
she
will
also
be
instrumental.
Then,
after
the
plan
is
submitted
to
HUD,
then
seeing
how
these
dollars
then
make
it
in
goal
into
the
community
right.
D
D
K
I
just
have
a
quick
question
and
thank
you
all.
This
has
been
an
amazing
presentation,
just
like
Emily
stated
by
chance
and
I
just
think,
because
we
are
a
Consortium
and
we
serve
the
bigger
area
than
the
city
of
Asheville.
Will
this
be
presented
to
the
three
County
boards
prior
to
the
city
of
Asheville's
Council
moving
forward
and
voting
on
this.
E
Yeah
so
at
this
point
we
haven't
scheduled
any
any
presentations
to
local
committees
and
have
been
as
we've
done
with
all
of
our
previous
home
funding
decisions
and
policy
decisions
have
used
this
body
as
that
opportunity
to
to
to
review,
to
update
and
approve
those
decisions
for
the
community.
So
as
a
representative
of
your
community
that
that
this
would
be
the
the
opportunity
to
help
make
those
decisions.
C
I
would
also
like
to
add
briefly
because
I
think
it
was
you
Sage.
You
had
a
question
earlier
about
what
needs
to
be
included
in
the
plan
in
terms
of
identifying
projects,
although
we
do
not
have
to
identify
any
projects,
we
do
have
to
identify
in
the
plan
when
you're
going
to
do
affordable
housing
development
by
either
new
construction
acquisition
or
Rehabilitation.
C
We
need
to
include,
in
the
plan
an
estimated
number
of
units
that
will
be
produced
with
the
funds,
so
that
will
require
some
folks
locally
to
do
some
sort
of
pro
forma
analysis
based
upon
some
good
Market
information
to
come
up
with
a
estimate
in
that
also
bear
in
mind
and
many
persons
don't
do
this
when
they're
looking
at
the
survey,
the
income
levels
for
these
ARP
funds
are
very
low,
which
means
it's
not
going
to
be
a
lot
of
money
or
the
same
sort
of
funds
being
generated
from
the
rents
to
pay
the
debt
service
so
generally
with
the
affordable
housing.
C
If
that's,
where
the
funds
are
going
to
be
designated
towards
you
politically,
we
have
to
have
understanding
of
some
idea
most
often
of
a
low-income
housing,
tax,
credit
use
or
some
other.
You
know,
project.
That's
out
there
that
these
home
funds,
you
know,
might
be
used
to
subsidize.
As
a
you
know,
to
help
you
know
make
units
you
know
more
affordable,
but
we
do
have
to
have
a
calculation
in
the
plan.
E
And
it
looks
like
maybe
you
say
just
having
some
connection
issues
but
I
see
that
John
connett
has
his
hand
up
yeah.
Thank
you.
Thank.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you
sage
and
John.
This
is
John
Connor
I'm,
the
city
manager
in
Hendersonville
just
want
to
follow
up
with
what
the
question
Karen
asked.
J
I
think,
since
we're
all
very
much
aligned
in
what
our
needs
are,
it
would
be
nice
and
I
know
you
said
you're
going
to
send
out
the
presentations
if,
if
our
independent
representatives
in
with
the
jurisdictions
the
partners,
the
local
governments
presented
to
our
governing
boards
as
part
of
this,
to
share
this
information,
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
because
it
is
a
topic
that
is
being
discussed
among
all
I.
Don't
speak
for
all
governing
boards.
I
know
in
Hendersonville.
J
We
discuss
it
on
a
regular
basis
and
the
fact
that
we're
trying
to
work
together
as
a
regional
Consortium
would
would
be
helpful
and
maybe
we'll
get
some
press
out
of
it
that
we're
trying
to
work,
and
everybody
needs
to
realize.
This
is
a
regional
issue,
just
not
a
Asheville
Buncombe
County
issues,
so
I
think
if
we
can
get
those
documents
and
have
contact
folks
that
we
can
call.
If
we
have
questions
is
we
may
want
to
make
the
presentations
to
our
respective
governing
boards?
B
E
So,
on
the
on
the
timeline,
the
next,
the
next
step
for
this
body
will
be
the
March
6th
meeting,
and
we
you
should
you
all-
should
have
received
a
poll
as
far
as
scheduling
a
specific
time
on
that
March
6th
date.
E
E
We,
we
had
to
build
our
our
timeline
working
backwards
from
some
of
our
public
comment
periods
and
when
we
could
get
city
council
approval,
because
that
body
has
to
make
the
final
approval
for
staff
to
submit
the
plan
to
HUD.
That
puts
us
at
Mark
six
as
the
next
opportunity
for
this
body
to
meet
and
hear
the
final
presentation
and
recommendations
that
would
be
submitted
to
HUD
or
approval.
So,
if
you
all
can
take
a
moment
and
identify
some
times,
it
would
work
on
Mark
6.
E
We
will
need
to
have
a
vote
as
part
of
that
meeting,
so
we
will
need
a
quorum
for
that
meeting.
So
if
we
can
make
that
happen,
that
will
that
will
launch
us
into
the
next
phase
of
getting
this
plan
in
place.
B
E
Okay,
yes,
so
I
think
what
we
can
do
is
because
we're
recording
this
presentation,
we
can
make
sure
and
share
the
link
to
that
recording
on
the
on
the
website
and
then,
if
folks
need
to
follow
up.
E
Miranda
will
be
our
point
of
contact
for
the
home
art
process,
so
scheduling
some
time
to
meet
with
her,
and
if
we
need
to
put
some
more
time
on
the
calendar
with
our
with
our
friends
at
Baker
Tilly,
we
can
do
that
as
well,
just
to
make
sure
that
we
got
the
the
opportunity
to
to
gather
that
feedback
and
incorporate
that
into
our
process.
Most
definitely
I
think
that
makes
sense.
E
All
right,
I
sounds
like
Sage
may
still
be
working
through
some
technical
issues
on
her
end,
so
any
other
any
other
questions
or
thoughts
related
to
process.
Next
steps.
B
Hi,
sorry
sorry
I
switched
to
a
different
device.
You
should
be
able
to
hear
me
now.
Yes
yeah,
it
sounds
like
we're.
Wrapping
up,
I
was
able
to
hear
you,
so
thank
you
for
chiming
in
there,
Jonathan
I
do
think
we're
able
to
wrap
if
there
are
no
other
questions.
Last
call
for
questions.
B
Okay,
for
those
of
you
listening
at
home,
you
can
see
our
calendar
posted.
What
I
was
suggesting
I
think
you
had
a
hard
time.
Hearing
me
Jonathan
is
that
we
make
sure
to
reach
out
to
the
folks
that
couldn't
be
here
today,
both
so
they
know
to
watch
this
and
get
their
update,
but
also
so
we
get
their
input
on
this
next
meeting.
I'd
hate
for
them
to
be
left
out
twice
and.
E
I
I
just
realized.
We
had
also
included
on
the
agenda
the
possibility
of
any
public
comments,
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
before
we
break
that
that
we
do
have
that
available.
Just
as
part
of.
B
Hey
well
that
does
it
everyone.
We
appreciate
your
time
today,
thank
you,
Baker,
Tilly
and
team
for
being
here
today
and
for
sharing
your
presentation
with
us,
I
suppose,
if
you
need
anything
from
us
and
between
now
and
the
next
time
we
meet
just
reach
out
to
be
a
city
staff
and
we'll,
and
what
you
need
Elie
good
to
see
you
and
thanks
everyone
with
that.
We
are
adjourned.