Hendersonville, like many other localities across the country, is facing a crisis in affordable and workforce housing availability.
City officials believe it s a supply and demand issue due to a lack of land to build on, zoning restrictions and high construction costs.
“I think you’re seeing people fleeing parts of the country where climate change has had a dramatic affect, City Manager John Connet said. People are moving from the West Coast, Arizona, New Mexico and those kind of places because of the drought and wildfires.”
Despite a developer s best intentions to set rent costs lower, that doesn t always happen, Mayor Pro Tempore Jerry Smith said.
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