Richland County, South Carolina

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Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) can be accessed by clicking here. Richland County will accept comments regarding its content and the plan of action proposed through December 28, 2016.  Comments should be e-mailed to jenningsj@rcgov.us.

Two separate public hearings (November 21^st at 5:15 pm – 2020 Hampton Street, County Council Chambers and December 28^th at 5:30 pm at the Cecil Tillis Center, 2111 Simpkins Lane). The Public Comment Period officially begins November 13^th through  December 28^th. The AFH document will be submitted to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development January 4, 2017.

The Fair Housing Forum Presentation can be  accessed at the following link. This presentation is a tool used during the citizen participation process of completing the Assessment of Fair Housing and consist of demographic information provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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If you have any damage to a property that has CDBG and HOME funds invested, please call 803-576-2063.

Area Shelters Include:

Lower Richland High School
2615 Lower Richland Boulevard
Hopkins, SC

St. Andrews Middle School
1231 Bluefield Rd
Columbia, SC

A C Flora High School
1 Falcon Drive
Columbia, SC

Following a successful pilot program and Treasury’s approval of South Carolina’s readiness assessment, SC Housing Corp. will take its foreclosure prevention program statewide.