Leaders from the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville (HACA) joined community partners in late May to celebrate the groundbreaking of Rocky River Apartments, a new 120-unit affordable housing development in Woodfin designed to expand housing opportunities for working families and lower-income households in Buncombe County. The $44.4 million development, led by Fitch Irick […]

The Housing Authority of the City of Asheville (HACA) is taking a number of proactive steps to  address an elevator outage at Asheville Terrace, a five-story affordable housing community for seniors located on Tunnel Road.  While multiple elevators remain operational within the building, the outage of the main elevator has created challenges for residents navigating […]

In her mid-20s, Jasminu Moore was pregnant with her second daughter and desperate to find a safe, permanent place to live. But supporting her growing family as a single parent on a server’s wages often felt impossible. “I prayed, ‘Lord, please let me have somewhere to bring my new baby home to,’” Moore remembers.  Then […]

From rising maintenance costs to uncertainty around rental income, being a landlord has become increasingly challenging in today’s housing market. The Housing Choice Voucher Program, administered locally by the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville (HACA), is designed to help address some of those challenges while also expanding access to affordable housing across Buncombe […]