In many counties and municipalities in South Carolina, there is a critical shortage of decent, safe, and affordable residential housing available to low- and moderate-income families. The affordable housing shortage constitutes a danger to the health, safety, and welfare of residents of the state, and is a barrier to sound growth and sustainable economic development for South Carolina counties and municipalities.  Affordable housing can include multifamily rental, single-family rental, and single-family homeownership, providing more opportunities to assist families with financial and social sustainability.

 

Session will discuss:

• Key impacts to residential instability and substandard housing

• Challenges to affordable housing in South Carolina

• Policies, partnerships, and funding needed to improve housing and increase affordable housing stock in the state

 

Speaker: Bernie Mazyck, South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development (SCACED)

 

Featuring Special Guest: Representative Ivory Torrey Thigpen

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 - Richland County

 

Moderated by Nancy Lee, Habitat for Humanity South Carolina