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State Housing Authority Recognizes Homeless Week - 11/19/2003
[Columbia, SC] In observance of National Hunger and Homelessness Week, November 16 –22, 2003, the Board of Commissioners for the South Carolina State Housing Authority signed a proclamation as a symbolic gesture recognizing the ever growing problem of homelessness in South Carolina.
There are an estimated 13,000 homeless people in South Carolina including families with children, young adults, the elderly, and veterans. Homelessness continues to increase as the housing affordability for the underprivileged decreases.
“The mission of the State Housing Authority is to provide safe, decent, affordable housing for the citizens of South Carolina,” said chairman Charles I. Small. “We, as an Agency, recognize the problem of Homelessness and we will continue to address this crisis as we work toward increasing the affordable housing stock for the citizens of our state,” he added.
The South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority is an agency of state government operating at no expense to the taxpayers of South Carolina
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