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Richland County committee hears plan to rehab vacant homes with Columbia Housing; HUD deed release could delay work
Summary
County staff and Columbia Housing outlined a plan to rehab vacant homes using a mix of general-fund and CDBG/CDBG-COVID funds, requested administrative flexibility for certain expenses up to $200,000, and said a HUD deed-of-trust release remains a gating item for large-scale work.
Richland County’s Affordable Housing Ad Hoc Committee received an update on a collaboration with Columbia Housing to rehabilitate vacant homes and discussed funding, oversight and timing.
The committee heard that staff organized target properties into three funding groups: Group A (to be supported by general-fund money and intended for up to about four homes initially, with room for one or two more depending on recoupment), Group B (homes funded with CDBG/CDBG COVID that require occupants at 80 percent area median income) and Group C (disposition properties with funding to be determined). Director Sunita Williams presented an updated spreadsheet of addresses and funding sources and said homes with existing plans and specifications could be advanced more quickly.
"Group A would be the 1 supported by the general fund," Director Sunita Williams said, describing the spreadsheet and the distinctions…
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