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2022 Excellence in Affordable Housing Preservation Award
Affordable Upstate is honored to receive the 2022 Excellence in Affordable Housing Preservation award from our trusted partner, the Greenville Housing Fund! GHF and AU co-own three communities in Greenville, with a shared mission to preserve affordable and workforce housing. GHF has made significant contributions to the community in 2022 and has ambitious goals set for 2023.
The city of Greenville was honored for its efforts with the 2022 Champion of Affordable Housing award, and Affordable Upstate received the
2022 Excellence in Affordable Housing Preservation award.
2022 achievement key highlights:
- Deployed $6.5 million from Greenville Housing Impact Fund
- GHF received $4 million from the city of Greenville
- County approved affordable housing tax incentives
- Policy with tax abatement for 40%-80% area median income
- County approved $10 million in ARPA for affordable housing for the current biennium
- GHF deployed $1 million from Greenville County and city of Traveler’s Rest on Harmony Ridge senior apartments
Read more in the Greenville Journal: https://lnkd.in/gKnnX_2X
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