A couple of weeks ago I was able to visit Reedy Place, which is one of our permanent housing programs for people living with mental disability. There are 23 apartments in Reedy Place, and with the help of the SC Department of Mental Health, we are able to permanently place those who they refer to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘housing’
Reedy Place
Posted in Programs, tagged change, community, Fighting Homelessness, Homelessness, housing, UHCSC, Upstate Homeless Coaliton on March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Transitions 2000
Posted in Programs, tagged Homelessness, housing, UHCSC, Upstate Homeless Coaliton on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I recently had the opportunity to meet some of the clients in our Transitions 2000 program. For those of you who don’t know about our transitions program, it is a program that provides transitional housing for homeless individuals and families in 6 counties of the upstate. Members of the program can stay for up to two years, [...]
Mortgage Assistance Workshops
Posted in Programs, tagged eviction, Fighting Homelessness, Homelessness, housing, UHCSC, Upstate Homeless Coaliton on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know? The Upstate Homeless Coalition has HUD certified Housing Counselors and holds Mortgage Assistance Workshops. Most recently, there was a workshop in Anderson on February 7, 2012. Housing Counselors were present to talk about sources of financial assistance, and a representative from SC Legal Services was there to talk through the foreclosure process [...]
Photos from Eastside High’s Spirit Week finale
Posted in Fundraising & Events, Getting Involved, tagged Eastside High, Fighting Homelessness, fundraising, housing, Invisibility on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks again to all the students, faculty, parents and friends who participated in Eastside High School’s Spirit Week 2010! Your efforts raised more than $160,000 to help eliminate homelessness in the Upstate. The results blew our minds and we are extremely grateful.
A Box For A Night – Thank Goodness It Is Just One Night!
Posted in Fundraising & Events, Getting Involved, tagged awareness, change, community, Fighting Homelessness, fundraising, Greenville, housing, Linda Wilson on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I will be spending a night in a cardboard box so that many more people will not have to spend any nights in a box—they will be able to have a home. Not such a big sacrifice on my part and what a great result! Eastside High School will be raising money during Spirit Week [...]
“Affordable Housing Doesn’t Have to Look Affordable” on Upstate Biz SC
Posted in Issues of Homelessness, tagged community, Homes of Hope, housing, poverty, wages on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Don Oglesby of Homes of Hope in Greenville wrote a great article about affordable housing on UpstateBizSC.com this week. Even mentions Upstate Homeless Coalition! Check it out and learn how this group is addressing issues of fair price housing for our Upstate.
Habitat for Humanity at Clemson University
Posted in Fundraising & Events, tagged Clemson, Habitat for Humanity, housing, poverty on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week, the Clemson campus chapter for Habitat for Humanity kicked off their Act!Speak!Build! program. It is a week filled with events advocating Habitat for Humanity and housing issues. The chapter was trying to spread the word to Clemson’s campus and get student’s interested in the need for housing. Events included having groups build a [...]
