Piecing together the senior housing puzzle
Already faced with shortages, Greenville housing providers see enormous challenges ahead when it comes to affordable senior housing. More than 50,000 Greenville County residents were 65 or older in 2018;…
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Partnerships may provide answers to Greenville’s affordable housing problem
In Greenville’s case, given the unmet and new demand, the best method is to focus on large-scale multifamily developments with private-sector developers.
City looks to transform old motels into affordable housing
The city of Greenville is mulling over new zoning rules that would allow developers to transform old, under-utilized motels into affordable housing.
Stuck in the middle: The struggle to find affordable housing in Greenville
Why is it so difficult for working class people to buy homes in Greenville?
Opinion: Three things you’ve probably never heard about affordable housing
Don Oglesby: We cannot donate our way out of this problem. Our supporters have been investing in our work for years.
New Nicholtown affordable housing complex underway
City of Greenville provided the land valued at $125,550.
Greenville City Council candidate Lindsey Jacobs says everybody needs a seat at the table as Greenville grows
Lindsey Jacobs says all city residents need to have representation in city hall. That's why she says she's running for Greenville City Council.
John DeWorken takes another run at a Greenville City Council seat
John DeWorken may be running for a different seat on the Greenville City Council than he did two years ago, but he says the issues are the same.
Is church land part of the answer to Greenville’s affordable housing crisis? Some say yes.
Churches own more about 8.25 square miles of land in Greenville County. Could some of that land help address the county's affordable housing crisis? Some say yes.
New CommunityWorks president sees opportunity for growth inside and outside Greenville
CommunityWorks. a nonprofit financial institution based in Greenville, works to move people and places out of poverty. Tammie Hoy-Hawkins, who will take over as president and CEO in January, says there's plenty of work to do inside and outside Greenville County.
Five years after Scott Towers implosion, redevelopment work begins
Work on the redevelopment of the site where Scott Towers once stood will begin this week, more than five years after the public housing high-rise for seniors and the disabled on Augusta Street was imploded.
TD grant will help formulate affordable-housing plan in Unity Park area
As the city inches closer to beginning site work for its planned Unity Park, a planning grant from the TD Charitable Foundation will formulate a plan for affordable housing in the Southernside neighborhood which borders the park.
Forum highlights gentrification, affordable housing problems
A presentation on gentrification and affordable housing turned into a lively discussion Wednesday in the heart of a small, traditionally black community in Greenville — Nicholtown Missionary Baptist Church.
Greenville City Council gives initial approval to land sale for development that includes affordable housing, office space
A new affordable housing and office space development on West Washington Street is one step closer to reality with Greenville City Council's initial approval of land sale and development agreement.
Greenville County has new tool to address affordable housing shortage
Greenville County creates new housing fund to address affordable housing shortage.