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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Officers on July 2 charged Christopher Michael Dratz, 40, of Hendersonville with felony breaking and entering to terrorize/injure, felony kidnapping, and assault on a government official. Dratz received medical treatment for injuries he received during his arrest and was later transported to the Henderson County Detention Center where he was placed under a $52,000 secured bond, according to a press release from the city. The police department, as with all use of force incidents, is carefully reviewing the officers’ actions in the incident. A full review should be complete by 5 pm July 7, according to the press release. Based on body camera footage of the incident, police say it appears the officers used an appropriate level of force in countering Dratz’s aggression. At no point during this incident was Dratz ever struck by an officer while handcuffed in any way as was previously alleged, according to the release.