Spartanburg Housing Community Report to Highlight Accomplishments
The Spartanburg Housing Community Report to Highlight Accomplishments presents an opportunity to review the highlights of the past calendar year.
The Spartanburg Housing team will continue to focus on our three strategic pillars: People, Places, and the Partnerships as we carry out our mission to develop manage and provide diverse quality housing and programs to promote self-sufficiency.
Spartanburg Housing January 2020 - December 2020
Community Report to Highlight Accomplishments
People, Places, and Partnerships
Spartanburg Housing
Soon after assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer in late September 2019 and celebrating 80 years of service to the Spartanburg community, the team and I began to prepare for evolution of the Spartanburg Housing Authority.
As we celebrated a new year, we could not have imagined what was ahead as the agency quickly pivoted to modify operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From working remotely and changing inspection protocols to distributing face coverings and closing real estate transactions. Even during a pandemic, we continued to lead, serve, be resilient. and re-imagine this organization. We have re-branded our organization and now we are Spartanburg Housing.
Browse our highlights for 2020 to get a glimpse of our accomplishments during unprecedented times. As we continue to adjust to our "new normal", our team will continue to focus on our three strategic pillars People, Places, and the Partnerships.
Shaunte Evans
CEO
2020 by The Numbers
- Serve Over 6,000 People Throughout Spartanburg County
- 2,534 Housing Choice Vouchers
- 5 Rehabilitated Vacant Public Housing Dwellings
- $21.298.737 2020 Annual Operating Budget
- 345 Other Subsidized or Market Units
- $12,575,630 Paid to Landlords During Fiscal Year 2020
- 527 Public Housing
- Awarded $500,000 In Affordable Housing Program Funding From The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
- $11,927 Average Income
2020 Accomplishments
- Designated as a High Performer for the Section Eight Management Assessment Program. (JANUARY 2020)
- Continued to serve during the pandemic by delivering meals, providing masks, hosting a homework club, and offering socially distant events and virtual workshops. (MARCH-DECEMBER 2020)
- Revived Resident Councils at Archibald Rutledge, Prince Hall Apartments, and Camp Croft Courts. (APRIL 2020)
- Transferred assistance for 18 affordable units to Northside Station in partnership with Northside Development Group (MAY 2020)
- Agency hosted SEVEN events for residents to complete the Census and voter registration. (JUNE-SEPTEMBER 2020)
- Archibald Rutledge Apartments selected as the American Association of Service Coordinators 2020 Affordable Housing
Team of the Year! (AUGUST 2020) - Developed a new Strategic Plan for 2020-2023. (SEPTEMBER 2020)
- Began Rehabilitation of 80 units at Victoria Gardens Apartments and converted units from Public Housing to Project Based Rental Assistance. (OCTOBER 2020)
- "Overflow Thanksgiving Drive", our team members collected food items to fill 25 boxes that provided meals to families who needed it most in our community. (NOVEMBER 2020)
- Graduated 5 participants from the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program receiving $14,232.72 in escrow funds. (DECEMBER 2020)
Rebranding
Spartanburg Housing has changed over the past year and continues to evolve.
Our mission is to develop manage and provide diverse, quality housing and programs to promote self sufficiency. We re-branded to Spartanburg Housing to reflect our evolution from the "Authority" of the past. The new logo represents professionalism, stability, excitement, new discoveries, and represents the core of what we do...housing.
WE'VE MOVED!
170 Arch Street
in the Northside Community
(Old Star Mill)
Board of Commissioners
- Matthew Myers, Chairman
- John Fairey Jr., Vice-Chairman
- Keisha Gray
- Veronica Cunningham
- Reggie Browning
- Brooks Gaylord
- Drake Jackson
Leadership Team
- Shaunté Evans, Chief Executive Officer
- Jessica Holcomb, Chief Operating Officer
- Tiffany Askew, Director of Leased Housing
- Jose Calican, Controller
- Cierra Fowler, Director of Resident Services and Community Engagement
- Joseph Jackson, Director of Development
- Anna Lamy, Human Resources Specialist
