Affordable housing may be the single biggest issue facing the city of Asheville at this time, as rents around the city to continue to rise while wages for workers do not. Voters last fall okayed bonds to help the city start building more affordable housing. But the first project Asheville lawmakers approved since then has been in the works for some time before that. The 64-unit (36 will be considered 'affordable' under the criteria the federal government uses) complex will be located on 338