As 2025 draws to a close, we invite you to consider making a financial contribution to support MHO’s work. Your generosity helps us develop, build, and preserve safe, affordable homes. We believe Steve J., an Asheville local and Essential Home Repair client, says it best when he speaks to the power of having a safe and affordable home:
There are many ways you can contribute to MHO. Learn more about our donation options below and find what’s right for you this giving season:
1. Give Online or by Mail
Make a gift online through our secure giving portal or send a gift in by mail. Download the optional gift form and mail it to Mountain Housing Opportunities, 64 Clingman Avenue, Suite 101, Asheville, NC 28801
2. Consider a Monthly Gift
Making a monthly, recurring contribution is one of the easiest ways to support affordable housing in our region year-round. Simply select the recurring gift option on your donation form.
3. Give through your Donor Advised Fund (DAF)
MHO is a non-profit fundholder at the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina and is eligible to receive contributions from all charitable fund managers like Vanguard Charitable, Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, and others.
4. Donate Stock or Other Appreciated Securities
Click here for transfer instructions or contact Allison Rollison, MHO’s Director of Philanthropy.
5. Contribute from Your IRA
Are you 70 and ½ or older? Make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) to support MHO. For 2025, individuals can transfer up to $108,000 directly from a Traditional or Roth IRA to a qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit . These contributions count towards your required minimum distribution and won’t be included in your taxable income.
6. Build a Lasting Legacy with a Planned Gift
Planned gifts can help meet your financial goals while helping to ensure everyone can access the affordable housing they deserve now and in the future. Click here to view our Planned Giving Options for including MHO in your will or trust, or naming MHO as a beneficiary of a retirement plan, life insurance policy, or revocable trust.
For more information on further ways to give, click the link below!
Have questions or need more information? Contact Allison Rollison, MHO’s Director of Philanthropy, at (828) 254-4030 ext. 136 or via email at allison@mtnhousing.org. Thank you!
Why Your Gift Matters
Western North Carolina is experiencing an unprecedented shortage of affordable housing. Paths to homeownership for people earning low-to-moderate incomes are constrained by low supply and record-breaking prices. This causes rents to rise and creates high housing cost burdens for renters in the region. In Buncombe County alone, 53% of renter households pay over 30% of their monthly income on rent. Our affordability crisis has been exacerbated by devastation from Tropical Storm Helene. Across all of western North Carolina, an estimated 125,000 housing units were severely damaged or lost completely.
Your contribution stays local and supports housing programs and services for renters and homeowners. MHO was founded in Buncombe County, NC, and we are proud to be based in Asheville. We are an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit committed to lean operations and low-overhead costs. Our most recent financials show an overhead rate of just 16%.