I hear that cities like New York and San Francisco are sheltering homeless residents in the otherwise empty hotels. Asheville and Buncombe should certainly do this as well, and in short-term rentals; but local “progressives” damaged our ability to do this by so severely limiting and regulating their number, that being in addition to limiting future Battery Park tower-type affordable housing in the long term.
Way to go again, fake “progressive” NIMBY speculators!
— Alan Ditmore Leicester
Editor’s note: Carolina Public Press reported earlier this week that about 30 people without homes who had been sheltering temporarily at Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville were relocated to a hotel in West Asheville.
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2 thoughts on “Letter: Homeless in hotels”
Bright
Homeless on the streets, homeless in the parks, homeless under the bridges…wake up Aville!
Lou
I notice the author stresses the term “progressive” as if he actually understands what it means. Way to go again, conservative rabble rouser with no actual proof of your claim.
Homeless on the streets, homeless in the parks, homeless under the bridges…wake up Aville!
I notice the author stresses the term “progressive” as if he actually understands what it means. Way to go again, conservative rabble rouser with no actual proof of your claim.