Churches and non-profit organizations that own vacant land might be the answer to helping fill some of the need—at least that’s the hope of the City of Columbia.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia Council Member Tina Herbert will hold an information session on Wednesday morning, October 25, to discuss housing development options for churches and nonprofits with vacant land as a way to encourage housing involvement within the city.
Herbert says the idea came to her after she was elected to council.
“Once I got into office, I had several churches who came to me and said, “I have this property, and the city can develop on it,” but that’s not really what we do,” Herbert said.
After a couple of similar interactions, Herbert said she realized something. “We also have plenty of churches with rental property but maybe don’t know how to get into the rental property business.”
Herbert’s information …