New law--HB556--passed by veto override prohibits local governments from passing any ordinance that would forbid landlords from refusing to rent to tenants whose income includes funding from a federal, housing-assistance program

[u/goldbman]

https://newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article292183155.html

[u/bokehtoast]

They really just don't want poor people in Asheville at all.