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From YouTube: Town of Bluffton Affordable Housing Committee
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Meeting agendas and more information can be found at https://bluffton-sc.municodemeetings.com/
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All
right,
the
adopted
budget
for
the
fiscal
year,
23
neighborhood
assistance
program
is
190
000.
The
staff
has
processed
applications
to
assist
income,
qualified
households
for
the
current
year
as
of
july
28th,
when
this
report
was
submitted,
six
applications
have
been
verified
to
receive
home
repair
assistance
and
are
currently
waiting
on
home
repair
estimates.
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C
All
right
hearing
did
I
hear
pause
or
okay,
all
right
attachment,
one
our
excel
sheet,
as
stated
three
homes
were
completed,
but
the
bill
or
the
final
expect
inspection
was
completed
this
current
fiscal
year.
So
that's
where
our
asterisk
comes
in.
So
once
we
get
middle
of
the
year,
we'll
understand
that
two
three
homes
came
from
last
year,
so
we're
not
going
to
count
that
in
our
final
year
count
for
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year.
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Thank
you
so
much,
mr
chairman,
good
morning,
everybody
and
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
included
in
not
only
in
your
agenda
but
to
be
able
to
present
the
low
country,
gullah
foundation
and
our
historic
land
preservation
project
program
that
we
have
and
I
believe
I
should
be
able
to
share
my
screen.
So
I
will
go
ahead
and
do
that.
C
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And
with
that
being
said,
our
goal
is
ultimately
to
remove
all
of
the
names
from
the
delinquent
county
tax
list
by
establishing
specifically
customized
solutions
that
end
the
cycle
of
financial
insecurity
and
create
economic
opportunities.
That
would
not
only
benefit
the
families
that
are
within
our
area,
but
the
entire
county
as
a
whole.
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Currently,
we
have
landowners
who
struggle
financially
with
rising
annual
taxes
because
of
either
higher
tax
rates,
because
their
properties
have
not
been
homestead
placed
into
homestead
status
because
of
increasing
development
because
they
have
vacant
land
that
is
not
creating
an
economic
financial
stream
for
the
land
or
in
in
a
basic
sense.
In
some
cases,
it's
a
lack
of
information
on
some
of
the
options
that
are
available
to
them.
So
the
solutions
that
the
low
country
gullah
foundation
works
towards
is
providing
some
economic
development
or
land
use
options
to
homeowners.
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What
the
other
problem
is
is
that
there
are
land
use,
options
that
are
available
for
undeveloped
land
and,
unfortunately,
there
are
tax
sale
regulars
who
are
in
a
cyclical
cycle
of
financial
insecurity
and
struggling
with
trying
to
maintain
the
land
that
they
have,
and
so
what
the
solutions
are.
Excuse
me
what
the
solutions
are,
is
creating
educational
programming,
offering
guidance
and
resources
as
well
as
collateral
materials
for
individuals,
so
that
the
problems
that
exist
can
be
addressed.
G
G
The
original
purchaser,
who
might
possibly
have
been
an
enslaved
person
that
did
not
know
or
was
unable
to
create
a
will
or
was
unable
to
transfer
the
the
original
deed
to
their
descendants
or
based
on
african
tradition.
Land
is
not
man's,
it's
it's
either
god's
land
or
it's
the
earth.
So
traditionally
the
act
of
creating
a
will
or
a
paper
trail
for
land
is
not
of
gullah
tradition,
so
that
plays
a
significant
part
in
it
as
well,
and
so
with
that
original
purchaser
dating
back
to
say
the
1800s.
G
At
this
point
in
time,
and
so
utilizing
that
same
description,
if
the
grandfather
was
the
original
purchaser
and
he
had
a
title,
but
the
title
remains
in
that
individual's
name.
The
heirs
who
are
living
on
the
property
do
not
have
the
rights
to
the
land,
essentially
because
it
is
in
the
name
of
that
original
purchaser
and
once
that
purchaser
dies
or
passes
away.
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There
is
only
within
the
state
of
south
carolina.
There
is
only
10
years
of
time
for
that
title
to
be
changed,
and
if
it's
not
changed
in
the
the
the
window
of
time
necessary,
then
it
is
considered
what
is
called
a
cloudy
or
unclear
title.
And
so,
even
if
the
heirs
are
living
on
the
land,
the
the
ti
the
land
is
essentially
being
maintained.
G
If
it's
a
hundred
acres
and
a
thousand
airs,
they
are
all
considered
tenants
in
common
and
in
order
for
any
activity
on
that
land
to
be
determined
either
by
sale
or
who's
living
on
it
or
whatever.
The
case
may
be
everyone
that
has
a
right
to
to
a
voice
in
that
property
has
to
become
within
100
or
in
agreement.
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Most
people
until
there's
an
issue,
don't
even
know
whose
name
is
on
the
title
or
if
there
is
a
will
or
if
there
is
a
clear
title.
And
unfortunately,
this
issue
comes
up
most
of
the
time
at
a
funeral
when
the
person
who
has
been
paying
the
taxes
has
passed
away
and
many
of
the
people
who
do
have
a
right
to
the
title,
because
you
might
be
talking
about
seven
or
eight
generations
deep
into
the
family.
G
Eventually,
those
land
valuations
might
be
high,
but
without
infrastructure
or
the
ability
to
economically
develop
the
land.
Most
homeowners
struggle
to
hone
holds
on
to
the
acreage
that
they
have
and
unfortunately,
because
a
lot
of
gullah
are
land
rich,
but
cash.
Poor,
traditional
financial
lending
is
not
an
option
with
ayers
property.
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G
This
has
been
broken
down
to
just
hilton,
head
and
bluffton,
and
in
bluffton
specifically
last
year,
there
was
sixteen
hundred
dollars
in
payments
that
were
made
for
two
properties
that
would
have
been
lost
to
the
tax
tax
sale
and
as
of
september
28th
of
last
year,
there
was
nine
thousand
dollars
in
properties
that
could
have
not
been
resolved.
Had
the
families
not
been
able
to
come
up
with
the
financial
ability
to
take
care
of
it,
but
the
two
properties
that
that
were
taking
care
of
that
sixteen
hundred
dollars.
G
And
one
of
the
things
that
just
I
mentioned
it
earlier,
we
do
have
strategic
partnerships
with
the
heirs
for
center
of
heirs
for
center
for
ayers
property,
the
heritage,
library
and
local
eternities,
as
well
as
south
state
bank,
and
see
the
issue
that
has
been
found.
Is
that
someone
who
is
struggling
with
a
specific
issue?
G
G
G
Why
are
my
property
taxes
suddenly
increasing
economic
land
use
options,
subdividing
properties,
as
well
as
adding
information
to
your
property,
zero,
four
and
so
one?
These
are
some
of
the
next
steps
that
we
have.
We
are
looking
to
expand
our
current
operations
to
the
entire
county,
as
well
as
adding
a
physical
location,
adding
staff
and
developing
an
ongoing
program
schedule,
as
well
as
producing
additional
collateral
materials
for
for
individuals,
as
well
as
working
with
a
marketing
plan
to
disseminate
that
information.
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G
Not
that
I'm
aware
of
low
country
goa
started
with
hilton
head,
I'm
based
on
hilton
head
because
of
dialogues
that
I
have
had
with
chairman
hamilton
bluffton,
you
know
was
included.
Defusky
is
going
to
be
included
this
year.
It's
something
that
we
have
started
monitoring
as
well,
and
so
low
country
color
has
been
you
know,
kind
of
inching
through
the
county
and
and
obviously,
if
someone
from
saint
helena
called
you
know,
we
would
help
them
just
like.
G
C
I
do
have
a
question:
this
is
victoria.
How
do
the
families
qualify
for
this
for
these
funds?
Is
there
an
application?
Did
they
come
to
you
directly?
How
if
someone
comes
to
me
or
if
someone
comes
to
staff,
how
do
we
connect
them
with
you
and
what
are
the
qualifications
that
we
tell
them?
Well,
you
need
to
have
boom
boom
boom
in
hand
in
order
to
get
started.
G
At
this
point
it
has
been
word
of
mouth
that
people
have
been
reaching
out
to
us
as
well,
as
I
do
have
a
relationship
with
the
county,
and
so
the
county
sends
me
the
delinquent
tax
lists,
starting
in
april
of
every
year,
and
so
we're
monitoring
it
as
it
goes
down
closer
to
the
october
1st
sale.
But
as
we
get
into
the
tail
end
of
august
and
throughout
september,
if
there
are
family
names
that
are
on
there,
because
sometimes
people
don't
even
know
they're
on
the
list
until
the
tax
sale
has
happened.
G
So
we
actively
reach
out
to
those
families
and
share
that
information
with
them
and
and
ask
if
they're
struggling
and
what
the
situation
is,
what
their
plan
is
just
to
make
sure
that
they're
not
falling
through
this
through
the
cracks.
So
we're
very
proactive
in
trying
to
make
sure
that
all
of
the
families
that
are
on
the
list
are
potentially
not
being
left
on
the
list
and
going
on
to
to
the
sale.
G
You,
yes,
absolutely
and,
and
just
to
to
add
something
else
to
your
answer
on
the
county
level
when
they
at
the
tax
office,
when
they
encounter
someone
who
is
either
struggling,
they
make
referrals
to
us
and
as
well
as
the
town
of
hilton
head,
they
also
make
referrals
to
us
and
the
town
of
bluffton.
You
know
you
are
welcome
to
make
referrals
if
someone
contacts
you
directly
and
is
in
need
of
assistance,
we'll
be
happy
to
to
take
it
from
there.
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I
Yes,
sir
councilman
hamilton,
I
believe
you
wanted
to
get
a
brief
update
on
the
most
recent
soloco
meeting
that
was
held.
That
was
on
july
26th,
and
there
was
the
discussion
regarding
the
intergovernmental
agreement
for
the
regional
housing
trust
fund.
That's
been
moving
forward,
so
you
know
it
does
take
a
little
time
for
these
things
to
go
through,
but
I
think
I
think
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
progress
in
it.
I
So
there's
an
inner
intergovernmental
agreement
between
it's
beaufort,
county,
jasper,
county
town
of
hilton,
head
town
of
bluffton,
city
of
beaufort,
town
of
port
royal
city
of
hardyville,
and
then
the
town
of
yemen
city.
So
this
agreement
obviously
is
to
work
together
collectively
to
create
the
housing
trust
fund
for
affordable
housing.
Some
of
the
the
biggest
items
that
were
discussed
was
one
was
the
area
median
income
that
was
going
to
we
were
going
to
use.
The
previous
month's
discussion
was
at
100
ami.
I
The
most
recent
document
showed
it
as
120..
Everyone
agreed
to
to
change
that
back
to
the
100
ami
to
move
forward,
as
well
as
from
a
funding
standpoint.
Each
each
community
is
responsible
for
their
portion
for
year,
one
it's
based
off
of
arpa
money
that
communities
are
receiving
and
then
years
two
through
nine
was
based
off
of
the
population.
So
there
was
a
chart
of
the
actual
funding
amount.
I
I
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E
I
I
just
think
that,
like
kevin,
just
explaining
it's,
we
it's
a
slow,
arduous
process,
we're
three
years
into
it.
I
think
and
you're
dealing
with
so
many
different
entities.
It's
just
to
be
expected
that
it's
slow
and
time-consuming,
but
I
think
we're
near
the
end.
Hopefully
so
we'll
see
where
we
go.
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A
A
I
guess,
let's
keep
the
momentum
going,
we
do.
We
are
doing
some
great
things.
There's
still
a
lot
of
work
ahead
of
us.
We
hopefully
next
month
we'll
come
back
and
talk
to
you
about
the
agreement
we
have
with
the
affordable
housing
projects.
That's
in
the
queue
at
this
point
we
want
to
say
again
thank
you
and
have
a
blessed
day
meeting
is
now
the
journey.