Buncombe County Homelessness Persists After Tropical Storm Helene
By Marcus Harrell | Published 2026-03-29T10:01:19.027Z
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Six months after Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina, more than 100 people in Buncombe County remain homeless, according to Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR). The storm intensified...
Six months after Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina, more than 100 people in Buncombe County remain homeless, according to Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR). The storm intensified an existing housing crisis in the region.
The latest Point-in-Time Count, a federally mandated survey, tallied 824 unhoused people in Asheville and Buncombe County as of Feb. 10, Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR) reports. The survey, which tallies the number of people experiencing homelessness on a sing
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