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From YouTube: Town of Bluffton Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Thursday, April 07, 2022 at 10:00 AM
Description
Electronic Meeting
AGENDA
This meeting can be viewed live on Beaufort County Channel, on Hargray Channel 9 and 113 or on
Spectrum Channel 1304.
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
1. March 3, 2022
V. PUBLIC COMMENTS
VI. OLD BUSINESS
VII. NEW BUSINESS
1. Neighborhood Assistance Program Budget Update
2. 2022 Fair Housing Month
VIII.DISCUSSION
1. Community Works: Tammie Hoy Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer
IX. ADJOURNMENT
B
C
Okay,
I'm
just
checking
okay,
so
we
now
are
going
down
to.
There
are
no
public
comments
at
this
time.
We
have
no
old
business
at
this
time,
so
we'll
move
into
our
new
business,
which
is
the
neighborhood
assistance
program
budget
update
and
I
do
want
to
let
you
all
know
that
meg
james
came
in
at
1002
and
john
nichol
just
came
in
at
1003.
C
C
As
of
march
31st,
2022
34
homes
have
been
assisted
as
of
yesterday
april.
6
two
homes
are
in
the
lineup
for
work.
Estimates
and
two
homes
have
just
been
approved
for
repair
walk
through
with
our
building
inspector.
So
when
we
come
to
you
again,
we'll
have
some
more
homes
to
report
on,
but
as
of
right
now
we
have
four
homes
in
the
lineup
for
repairs.
D
C
So
I
think
what
it
is
I've
been
trying
to
push
it
push
it
and
push
it
through
all
sources,
whether
it
be
churches,
whether
it
be
campbell
travel,
has
a
soup
kitchen.
So
I
make
sure
they
have
applications
and
flyers
on
hand
for
when
they
do
food
deliveries
or
when
people
come
to
them.
I
have
it
over
at
goodwill.
I
have
flyer
and
applications
at
goodwill's
fire
and
applications
at
bluffton
self-help.
So
I
think
right
now,
it's
just
word
of
mouth
and
putting
out
the
advertisement
that
the
funds
are
available.
C
C
C
If
not
we'll
move
to
the
next
thing
on
the
agenda,
which
is
our
as
you
all
know,
april-
is
fair
housing
month.
So
when
we
have
our
town
council
meeting
on
the
12th,
there
will
be
a
proclamation
read
and
mayor
lisa.
Sulka
will
sign
off
on
that.
So
I'll,
just
give
you
a
little
background
information
april
22
april
2022
marks
the
54th
anniversary
of
the
signing
of
title
8
of
the
1968
civil
rights
act
as
amended,
which
guarantees
fair
housing
opportunities
for
all
americans.
C
A
resolution
will
be
presented
at
the
april
12
2022
tavern
bluffton
town
council
meeting
declaring
april
as
fair
housing
month
in
the
town
of
bluffton.
This
act
is
to
affirm
the
continued
dedication
to
fair
housing
month
principles
and
regulations
established
by
the
state
of
south
carolina
in
the
united
states
federal
government.
A
copy
of
the
proposed
resolution
is
attached,
and
that
is
what
mayor
salka
will
sign
next
week
during
the
town
council
meeting
any
questions
there.
Nothing
needs
to
be
done
with
that.
C
C
That
maybe
was
her,
but
that's
not
so
while
we
wait
for
her
for
about
maybe
another
five
or
ten
minutes,
I
do
want
to
give
you
guys
an
update
march
29th.
We
had
our
ayres
property
seminar,
slash
workshop.
We
had
nine
participants,
nine
residents
that
did
come
out.
We
had
our
three
presenters
from
aries
property.
One
spoke
about
the
wood,
forestry
and
the
other
about
airs,
property,
keeping
and
wills.
C
She
gave
a
little
bit
of
a
wills
presentation
as
well,
and
it
was
very
well
well
given
very
well
put
together
those
nine
participants.
I
can
see
on
their
face
that
they
did
get
a
lot
of
the
priest
out
of
it.
They
asked
questions
and
it
was
very
well
put
together.
So
I
do
want
to
thank
you
all
for
helping
us
put
that
out
wish
you
would
have
got
a
little
bit
more,
but
then
I
that
we
did
reach
out
to
like.
I
said
they
got
a
lot
of
from
it.
C
E
F
Hey
this
is
steven
steese
fred
asked
me
to
hop
on
this
morning
to
just
give
an
update
about
conversation
with
affordable
housing
with
the
rfp
that
we're
working
through,
and
I
apologize
for
hopping
on
a
few
minutes
late.
I
was
in
another
meeting
and
had
to
step
out
and
just
realized,
but
I
sent
out
an
update
to
council.
I
had
a
meeting
with
our
potential
contractor
on
friday
last
week
to
work
through
some
of
the
details
and
concerns
that
they
had.
It
was
a
positive
meeting.
F
I
think
we
have
a
few
details
we're
trying
to
work
through.
They
had
a
little
concerns
about
market
conditions
and
timing
of
materials
and
stuff
like
that.
That
is
just
you
know,
impacting
the
entire
housing
market
as
a
whole
right
now,
so
I
think
there's
some
wording
and
language
that
we
can
do
to
outline
some
of
their
concerns.
F
I
will
say
that
the
first
one
that
we're
looking
to
do
that
we're
using
as
our
primary
is
1095
may
river
road,
which
is
outlined
to
have
somewhere
around
12
to
14
single-family
units,
so
we're
using
that
one
as
our
first
project
and
then,
as
we
start
getting
that
one
finalized.
We
can
start
moving
forward
to
the
other
two
projects
that
we
have,
which
are
both
on
bluffton
road.
G
H
G
C
B
C
B
Okay,
thank
you,
sir.
I
appreciate
you
coming
in
this
is
very
helpful
for
to
hear
from
the
exec
chief
executive
officer
of
the
challenge
to
give
us
this
update,
because
I've
never
the
commitment
of
the
know,
we're
still
working
on
it
and
we're
having
a
real
report
for
a
few
months.
So,
thank
you,
sir.
I
appreciate
you.
C
A
C
Okay,
miss
tammy,
miss
tammy
is
the
chief
executive
officer
of
the
community
works
over
in
greenville,
and
she
is
working
closely
with
eric
greenway,
so
she's
going
to
give
us
some
information
on
what
she
does
and
how
she's
going
to
be
helping
the
regional
housing
trust
fund,
as
well
as,
if
you
guys
have
any
questions
for
her
there's.
Maybe
some
items
that
we
can
work
on
here
with
our
neighborhood
assistance
program,
miss
tammy.
I
I
We'll
meet
you
all
in
person
at
some
point,
I
did
have
the
pleasure
to
come
down
to
the
town
and
meet
with
victoria
and
some
of
your
team,
and
so
we
are
working
so
communityworks
is
a
non-profit
loan
fund.
So
we
finance
a
couple
things.
I'm
gonna
send
victoria
a
packet
that
she
can
share
with
you,
guys
of
all
of
our
loan
products
and
all
of
our
our
programs.
But
a
couple
things
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
around
housing,
so
we
finance,
affordable,
housing
development.
I
We
work
predominantly
with
non-profit
and
for-profit
developers
to
preserve
or
produce
affordable
housing,
and
that
could
be
anywhere
from
like
a
line
of
credit.
Those
of
you
that
may
come
from
the
banking
world
that
you
know
where
you
can
acquire
a
property.
You
can
rehab
it
and
resell
it
for
affordable
housing
or
maybe
you're
going
to
do
a
new
construction.
I
So
it
could
be
single
family
homes.
It
could
be
multi-family
homes,
it
could
be
a
large
tax
credit
development
for
like
multi-family
seniors.
So
we
work
really
closely
with
non-profit
and
for-profit
developers
to
access
funding
sources
for
for
housing
and
in
particular,
and
we
also
do
small
business
lending,
micro
lending
and
small
business
lending
as
well.
And
but
I'm
not
going
to
really
kind
of
talk
about
that
here.
But
victoria
knows
that
we
offer
those
products
and-
and
we.
I
H
I
Outside
of
80
of
ami,
maybe
those
that
could
withstand
a
small
payment
to
do
some
additional
rehab
work
and
so
we're
just
kind
of
starting
to
think
about
innovative
ideas
of
how
we
could
help
stretch
and
leverage
your
dollars
to
support
more
families
in
the
community
and
we've
looked
at
some
different
models
of
how
we
might
do
that.
But
just
early
on,
we
just
started
working
in
the
community
over
the
last
six
to
eight
months
and
been
talking
with
eric
about
administering
the
local
housing
fund.
I
We
know
that
part
of
the
recommendation
from
the
from
the
consultants
was
to
partner
with
a
cdfi,
which
is
a
community
development
financial
institution
which
is
which
we
are
one.
We
are
certified
by
u.s
treasury
to
do
this
type
of
lending
to
that's
mission
focused
around
housing
and
asset
and
wealth
building.
So
I
know
that's
a
lot
in
a
short
amount
of
time.
I
C
So
I
thank
you:
does
anyone
have
any
questions
for
miss
tammy,
because
she's
full
of
you
know
stuff
that
we
want
to
try
and
do
to
enlarge
our
program?
So
we
don't
have
anything
set
in
stone,
of
course,
just
kind
of
putting
some
draft
ideas
out.
So
we
can
extend
what
we
do
already.
So
any
of
you
have
any
questions
for
miss
tammy.
G
A
I
I
But
I'll
just
say
after
this
phone
call
I'll
certainly
make
sure
that
she
has
this
powerpoint
that
has
all
of
our
products
and
details
and
about
the
work
that
we
do
and
and
just
so
you
know
we
we
have
been
coming
whoops,
that's,
I
think
I
will
cut
it
off
one.
Second,
we
have
been
coming
down
to
the
community
about
once
a
month,
and
so
I
know
that
your
calls
are
virtual.
I
did
we
certainly
when
you
eventually
are
in
person.
I
We
certainly
can
participate
in
your
meetings
in
person.
So
we
also
part
of
our
goal
is
to
actually
hire
a
person
that
would
be
in
the
region.
So
we've
been
working
with
the
coastal
community
foundation,
darren
goth
and
miss
hemingway
there
in
the
local
community
around
having
a
physical
presence
there.
I
I
I
We
did
do
a
couple
presentations
to
the
realtors
association
and
if
you
have
contacts
that
you
want
us
to
communicate
with,
please
let
victoria
know
or
me
know
we
did
a
virtual
like
lunch
and
learn,
and
we
did
that
for
some
realtors
and
then
we
came
down
about
a
couple
weeks
ago
and
did
a
session
for
some
realtors
in
bluffton
at
one
of
their
luncheons.
And
so,
if
there's
somewhere,
you
need
us
to
be,
or
you
want
us
to
talk
with
folks.
Let
us
know.
I
No
well,
I
would
just
say
that,
as
victoria
mentioned,
we
just
got
the
pleasure
of
meeting
twice
so
once
at
one
of
those,
the
siloco
regional
meetings
and
then
also
we
came
down
to
visit
with
her
and
the
team.
But
again
she
shared
with
us.
The
wonderful
program
that
you
have
we
know,
preservation
of
existing
homeownership
is
so
important,
and
so
we
definitely
want
to
be
thinking.
I
How
do
we
leverage
the
resources
that
you
guys
have
committed
with
resources
that
we'd
be
able
to
bring
to
the
market,
and
so
we'll
be
working
with
victoria
and
the
team?
I'm
just
thinking
about
how
we
help
support
that,
as
well
as
other
ideas
that
come
to
this
committee?
That
might
be
a
priority
for
you.
So
we
look
forward
to
that.
C
Thank
you
tammy
same
here,
and
it
is
exciting
once
we
get
some
stuff
down
on
paper
ui
and
the
staff
here
we've
shared
over
and
hopefully
we
can
jump
big,
and
you
know,
extend
this
program
that
the
greatness
is
already
doing.
So.
Thank
you
for
joining.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
out
of
your
schedule.
We
will
stay
in
touch
so
soon,
as
you
send
me
that
powerpoint
I'll
send
it
out
to
the
committee
members
and
we'll
stay
in
touch
with
each
other.
I
C
H
A
D
A
D
C
I
sure
will
and
like
I
said
we
are
the
nine
residents
that
were
at
the
meeting
on
the
29th.
They
had
questions
you
know
and
it
sounded
like
they
had
concerns
about
keeping
what
they
have
you
know
currently.
So
definitely,
if
there's
a
success
story,
I
will
certainly
let
you
know,
and
we
don't
do
it
here
in
house.
Of
course
we
send
them
over
to
the
heirs
property
preservation
of
charleston,
so
you
know
if
they
are
able
to
release
that
information
or
just
kind
of
give
us
a
heads
up.
C
D
Yeah,
thank
you
and
success
could
be
they
were
able
to
market
and
sell
their
property
because
they
wanted
to
or
success
could
be
like.
You
were
talking
about
the
individuals
who
want
to
keep
their
property
and
I
have
a
tied
up
with
20
other
people,
so
I'm
just
I've
just
always
wondered
about
it.
So
I'd
love
to
hear
hear
about
it.
G
G
I
had
some
clients
who
sold
their
land
last
january
and
they
had
you
know
someone
had
had
sold
the
timber
for
them
while
these
are
were
absentee
owners,
but
they
you
know
it
just
was
not
successful,
they
didn't
really
make
any
money
off
of
it
and
they
were
disappointed
and
ended
up
selling
the
land,
and
I
know
now
based
on
the
the
values
of
the
land.
Now
I
think
they
wish
they
had
kept
it,
but
they
just
didn't.
You
know,
really
know
that
they
could
make
money
on
it.
B
B
So
so
educating
them
about
value,
educating
them
about
how
you're
going
to
maintain
it
once
you
do
that
or
if
you're
going
to
sell
it,
educating
them
about
how
many
people
that
could
be
involved
in
the
pro
in
in
the
sale
that
that's
the
that's.
The
biggest
issue
is
that
you
could
have
ears
that
lives
in
california
and
don't
even
know
where
bluffton
is
so.
It's
a
lot
of
moving
parts.
D
Down
payment
assistance-
and
I
think
we
should
have
that
discussion
and
also
you
do.
I
remember
the
saint
joe
candler
when
I
met
with
him
six
years
ago
in
in
savannah,
they
were
offering,
at
the
time
down
payment
assistance
to
their
employees
like
a
five
thousand
dollar
down
payment
to
help
them
find
workers
to
stay
at
their
their
site
and
at
the
end
of
a
period
of
time
three
to
five
years,
they
would
forgive
that
I
think
it
was
limited
to
five
thousand,
but
still
that's
a
good
number
so
anyway.
D
My
point
is,
I
think
we
should
have
that
discussion
as
a
council
and
maybe
even
invite
somebody
like
them
to
participate.
That's
free
money
to
somebody
that
that
probably
works
there
now
that
lives
in
this
area.
So
anyway,
I
I'm
in
about
another
way.
I
it
was
a
good
meeting,
I'm
glad
that
I
we
heard
everything
I
heard
today
and
so
very
positive.
Thank
you.
B
C
E
E
B
I
I
no
I'm
not
positive,
so
maybe
you
can.
We
can
research
this,
but
I
think
if
you
own
the
property,
you
have
to
find
a
contractor
and
then
I
think
you
have
to
then
find
a
bank
or
a
lender
that
will
that
will
that
will
give
you
the
loan
that
and
the
contractor
would
be
your
between
you
and
the
bank
who
the
contractor
would
be
that's
how
I
think
it
works.
That's
how
it
worked
for
me
anyway.
B
H
H
One
of
them
is
the
down
payment
assistance
that
we've
talked
about
and
what
we
can
do
is
we
can
start
doing
some
research
on
another
program
for
for
that
new
construction,
as
you
know,
to
make
it
affordable,
money
will
have
to
come
from
somewhere.
So
the
the
cost
of
construction
is
going
to
be
the
same.
H
H
B
B
Maybe
we
can
assign
different
roles
to
committee
members
to
work
with
staff
and
and
and
and
and
and
when
that
could
be
something
maybe
that
you
can
follow
with
staff.
Just
to
say
here
is
some
research
that
I've
done
and
and
and
championed
that
with
what
the
staff
is
doing
and
that
that
could
give
us
a
more
effective
way
of
of
finding
different
avenues
and
and
even
sometimes
even
partners
in
the
community.
E
B
C
A
C
B
C
Yes,
I
think
this
was
a
very
good
meeting,
good
37
minutes
of
meet
and
some
backing.
We
can
put
some
stronger
ideas
together
and
councilman
chairman
will
get
together
to
actually
put
together
an
agenda
for
next
month,
exactly
what
you're
looking
for
and
I'll
reach
out
to
the
committee
members
and
we'll
go
from
there.
The
months
go
by
that.
So,
if
I
hound,
you
just
excuse
me
because
the
months
roll
around
real
fast
so.