With recent data revealing a vast 53% increase in homelessness from 2020 to 2025 in Asheville, poverty educator and community advocate Kelly Redfern said that she’s seen the rise.
“Most importantly, I’m just eyes watching. I have been a quiet observer for eight and a half years, until I couldn’t be quiet anymore,” Redfern said.
Redfern also said that the method used by the Asheville-Buncombe Continuum of Care to count the amount of homeless people in Asheville is not enough…