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Residents and advocates urge council to keep $5 million annual affordable-housing funding as proposed budget cuts loom
Summary
Multiple residents and advocacy groups urged Greenville County Council to preserve or increase the county's affordable-housing allocation, currently proposed to be cut in the FY2026 budget. Speakers cited rising rents, homelessness among students, and a county housing study as reasons to maintain funding.
Multiple speakers at the Greenville County Council meeting on May 20 urged the council to preserve the county’s affordable-housing investment, telling members that the proposed FY2026 budget reduces prior commitments and would worsen evictions and homelessness.
What speakers said: Jeffrey Darling, a Simpsonville resident who volunteers with child-welfare and housing advocacy groups, told council the affordable-housing line item should remain at $3,000,000 per year and recalled that the fund had been created after community advocacy. “Cutting it down to…
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