Affordable Housing Resources is a non-profit in Columbia, SC that rents houses at affordable rates to families who are low-income, homeless, at risk of homelessness, or hold Section 8 vouchers.
By offering affordable housing with access to good schools and services, we hope to improve our tenants’ quality of life and help them rise above poverty.

Problem

AHR needs to grow within the community. To date we own and operate four homes, but the need for affordable housing within our city vastly outnumbers the homes available. We want to secure more land or homes to accommodate those families at risk of becoming homeless.

Solution

Our solution is not to simply warehouse the poor in low-income neighborhoods, but to diversify them by renting them clean, affordable houses in safe neighborhoods, with access to better education, health resources, and improve their overall quality of life.

Exemple

Our solution makes a huge difference because of the unintended segregation poverty causes in our city. By creating affordable housing in various middle-class neighborhoods, we seek to ethnically diversify our neighborhoods. This diversity will not only positively impact the tenants we serve, but we feel it will also positively impact the community by creating a grassroots movement to decrease the number of homeless, those that are at risk of becoming homeless, and also those who struggle to survive on limited wages and limited access to affordable housing.

Marché

AHR believes that while many other Non Profits exist within our city, none of them seeks to address the public policy issue that attempts to warehouse the poor. AHR's mission is quite unique, and believes that instead of seeking to provide immediate housing of low quality, we should focus on providing a high quality home in a safe neighborhood. This home in turn effects not just the tenants need for shelter, but also increases their emotional stability by providing a sense of community relationship.