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Luis Rodriguez, President/CEO
255 Broad Street
Sumter, SC 29150
Phone: (803) 436-0020
Fax: (803) 436-0003
slcdc@ftc-i.net
Counties
Served: Clarendon, Darlington, Florence, Georgetown, Kershaw, Lee, Marion, Richland, Sumter,
Williamsburg
Incorporated:
1992
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STRATEGIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Homeownership
Opportunities
Santee-Lynches Community Development Corporation
(Santee-Lynches) is the only community development
organization in South Carolina that participates in the
national Rural Home Loan Partnership (RHLP). Through
this program, Santee-Lynches develops homes for
low-income families, and helps them acquire the
financing they need to become first-time homebuyers.
Since beginning this program in 1999, it has enabled six
low-income families to become homeowners, and plans to
place eight more families into homes during 2002.
Santee-Lynches
recently launched two initiatives that will further help
low- and moderate-income families. Through its
lease/purchase program, clients with past credit
problems can lease a home with the ultimate goal of
owning it. Santee-Lynches is building two homes to be
sold through this program. It has also begun a
purchase/rehab/resale program, through which it buys
homes in disrepair, rehabilitates, and sells them to
low-income families.
The
organization is planning ahead as well: this year it is
developing a Property Mangement Company to better assist
low-income renters in their transition to homeownership,
and in 2004 Santee-Lynches is planning to create its own
construction company to create jobs and better control
costs and construction timelines for its projects.
Santee-Lynches
also rehabilitates homes for the very low-income elderly
and people with disabilities. Since 1997, it has
rehabilitated more than 300 homes.
Affordable
Rental Housing
Santee-Lynches has co-developed apartment complexes
providing affordable homes for more than 300 families.
It provides supportive services to residents, including
after-school and drug and alcohol awareness programs,
and is strengthening its capacity to manage properties
and provide additional services to residents.
Economic
Development
The organization is developing the Bracey Plaza shopping
center in the economically depressed Fort Sumter area in
an effort to revitalize the area. Comprised of
three buildings, the center will provide nearly 15,000
square feet of commercial space for entrepreneurs and
businesses. Part of the project involves providing
technical and business advice to local business
start-ups. It started construction on the center
in late 2002.
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