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Minister urges council to treat affordable housing as an emergency, warns of gentrification

Greenville City Council · March 10, 2026
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During public comment, Minister Clarence Thornton said Greenville faces a critical affordable-housing shortage, called gentrification "racism," and urged the council to take actions to stabilize homeownership and recognize long-serving members.

Minister Clarence Thornton addressed the council during the public-comment period, saying affordable housing in Greenville is an emergency and criticizing gentrification as a form of discrimination that displaces longtime residents.

Thornton told the council he received a letter from a family seeking to buy a home in Greenville and cited a local example where a house that once sold for $15,000 recently sold for $370,000 in West Greenville. He urged the council to protect homeownership that stabilizes neighborhoods and recommended honoring long-serving council members while they are living.

Council acknowledged the comments and the meeting moved to adjournment.

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