Midlands Housing Trust Fund receives $250,000 in grants
October 17, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC – October 17, 2012 – The Midlands Housing Trust Fund, aninitiative of United Way of the Midlands, has received over $250,000 ingrants from Richland County, the City of Columbia, First Citizens andUnited Way.
Richland County and City of Columbia each gave $100,000to support the Midlands Housing Trust Fund. First Citizens granted$5,000. All grant funding will go towards the MHTF mission, to createand preserve quality and affordable housing in the Midlands region ofSouth Carolina.
“This is something that we feel the Midlandscommunity desperately needs,” said Mac Bennett, President and CEO ofUnited Way of the Midlands, which contributed $50,000 towards the MHTF.“We are extremely pleased to be a part of providing affordable housingto the community, and look forward to seeing the good work MHTF willdo.”
“The Midlands Housing Trust Fund deeply appreciates thecontinued support of United Way, and the new grants from RichlandCounty, the City of Columbia and First Citizens. This funding allows usto make more quality, affordable housing available in the Midlands’,said Mark Cox, Board Chair of the Midlands Housing Trust Fund.
TheMidlands Housing Trust Fund (MHTF) is a public-private fundingpartnership to preserve and increase the stock of quality, affordablehousing in the region through financing, technical assistance andadvocacy. The MHTF serves people who struggle to secure housingincluding people who work at low and moderate wage jobs earning up to80% area median income.
For more information about the Midlands Housing Trust Fund, please visit midlandshousing.org or contact Jennifer Moore at [email protected] or 803-733-5421.
About Midlands Housing Trust Fund
Themission of Midlands Housing Trust Fund (MHTF) is to create and preservequality affordable housing in the Midlands. The MHTF is a 501(c)(3)organization incorporated in South Carolina. The MHTF will increasehousing stock through financing, technical assistance, and advocacy. TheMHTF will finance activities creating or preserving quality, affordablehousing for low to moderate income households up to 80% area medianincome.
About United Way of the Midlands
United Way ofthe Midlands is the most organized, efficient and accountable systemfor investing in the community. With more than 80 certified partneragencies, United Way works to identify and respond to the critical humanservice needs of Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburgand Richland counties. Funds are raised through workplace campaigns,grant writing and individual donations. For more information, pleasevisit www.uway.org.
