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City outlines $38M ‘Alliance’ affordable housing project, seeks modular and missing‑middle pilots
Summary
In the State of the City address the city manager highlighted affordable housing progress—Greenville Together housed 16 households in 2026, three 72‑unit projects opened, and the Alliance groundbreaking began for a $38 million, 100‑unit development for households at 70% AMI; staff proposed modular and missing‑middle pilot projects.
The city manager used the State of the City to emphasize housing and homelessness work, detailing recent openings, ongoing partnerships and an upcoming pilot for innovative housing construction.
On homelessness and rapid rehousing, the manager said Greenville Together housed 16 additional households so far in 2026 and 111 households overall since the program began. On permanent development, the manager reported three projects of 72 affordable units each are now open and celebrated the groundbreaking of the Alliance, described as a $38 million fully affordable development on Laurens Road that will deliver 100 rental units reserved for households earning 70% of area median income or below.
The speech described annexation as a tool the city has used to enable affordable units and said recent annexation cycles added 186 affordable units. City staff proposed piloting missing‑middle housing on city‑owned land and exploring a modular housing pilot as a potential faster, lower‑cost way to deliver affordable homeownership and rental options.
The manager framed these items as part of a broader approach that combines immediate interventions with long‑term, coordinated solutions, but did not specify final funding sources for the Alliance project beyond the project cost and the city’s role in land and approvals. Next steps cited included continued partnership with nonprofit and state partners and advancing pilot planning and selection of developer partners for any city‑led modular project.
