US midterm elections · 2026
  1. United States
  2. North Carolina
  3. Buncombe County
  4. Ballot measures
  5. Buncombe County Housing Bonds Referendum

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Buncombe County Housing Bonds Referendum

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Buncombe County, North Carolina

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Additional property taxes may be levied on property located in the County of Buncombe in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on bonds if approved by the following ballot question. SHALL the order authorizing $40 million of bonds plus interest to provide funds to pay the capital costs of housing for the benefit of persons of low or moderate income including construction of related infrastructure improvements and acquisition of related land and rights-of-way, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds be approved, in light of the following: (1) The estimated cumulative cost over the life of the bonds, using the highest interest rate charged for similar debt over the last 20 years, would be $63,486,820 (consisting of $40 million principal amount of the bonds plus $23,486,820 of interest). (2) The estimated amount of property tax liability increase for each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of property tax value to service the cumulative cost over the life of the bond provided above would be $5.50 per year.

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What does Buncombe County Housing Bonds Referendum ask?

Additional property taxes may be levied on property located in the County of Buncombe in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on bonds if approved by the following ballot question. SHALL the order authorizing $40 million of bonds plus interest to provide funds to pay the capital costs of housing for the benefit of persons of low or moderate income including construction of related infrastructure improvements and acquisition of related land and rights-of-way, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds be approved, in light of the following: (1) The estimated cumulative cost over the life of the bonds, using the highest interest rate charged for similar debt over the last 20 years, would be $63,486,820 (consisting of $40 million principal amount of the bonds plus $23,486,820 of interest). (2) The estimated amount of property tax liability increase for each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of property tax value to service the cumulative cost over the life of the bond provided above would be $5.50 per year.

When is the election?

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Polls close at different times in each state; results appear here as each election office publishes its official returns.

When will results be available?

On election night, as each county and state election office publishes its returns. Until a race reports, it shows as not reported, never as zero; results stay unofficial until they are certified.