Big News with GHF

GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Housing Fund announced key targets for making living in Greenville more affordable in 2026.

During its annual meeting held at the Southern First Bank headquarters, GHF staff laid out major goals for 2026 while accentuating some of its wins in 2025.

Some major goals for 2026 include: launch the Strategic Planning process for the 2026–2029 cycle, setting a strong foundation for its work in the years ahead; enhancing resident services in meaningful ways that continue to support and uplift those GHF serves; advancing its Homeownership Preservation Program (HOPP) 2.0 as a key initiative to strengthen housing stability for low-income homeowners in Greenville; partnering with Gateway, a local mental health provider, on preserving 17 units of deeply affordable housing serving its clients in the oldest apartment building in the city of Greenville.

One of the major successes for GHF in 2025 was becoming a NeighborWorks America affiliate. NeighborWorks America is a congressionally chartered national nonprofit that works to “deliver practical solutions that expand housing access, build wealth and boost local economies” through a network of over 250 local organizations, “driving change at the local level.” GHF is the only affiliate in the Upstate, and only the second one in South Carolina.  

The NeighborWorks affiliation strengthened GHF capacity in a whole variety of ways, enabling them to do more in and for Greenville.

Other 2025 highlights include:

• GHF invested almost $6.8 million that translated into 271 homes for 410 families.

• Gateway at the Green Ribbon Cutting

• Riley at Overbrook Ribbon Cutting

• Southernside East Groundbreaking

• Harmony Ridge received a $76,000 HVAC grant award

• Southernside West (54 units of senior affordable housing, 20%-60% AMI) received the highest LIHTC score for 2025

In addition, GHF team members continued their community outreach by taking part in Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County’s Juneteenth Build; hosting a Hands On Greenville Day event at Harmony Ridge, attending the NeighborWorks’ Community Leadership Institute with the Sterling Land Trust and hosting a student visit from MIT.

Thursday’s meeting also included updates from Greenville Mayor Pro Tem Dorothy Dowe, Greenville County Councilman Alan Mitchell and State Housing Chair Todd Latiff. It also featured a fireside chat discussion with Henrietta Woodward of the Community First Land Trust and F.A. Johnson II, Esq of the Charleston Redevelopment Authority.

The Annual Meeting also included updates from the Greenville Affordable Housing Coalition.

Some of its 2025 successes included: Nearly $10 million approved for affordable housing initiatives by the City of Greenville; A Greenville County budget that included $2 million allocated for affordable housing and $1million dedicated to down-payment assistance for county employees; and Community Development Tax Credit (H.4164) Eviction Legislation (H.4270) introduced on the state level.

About Greenville Housing Fund:

In the almost seven years since its inception, GHF has invested over $21 million and leveraged $300 million in creating or preserving over 1,850 units of housing in Greenville County, many affordable to households living on as little as 30% of the area median income.  Learn more at https://greenvillehousingfund.com.