Universal Housing Choice Vouchers
UNIVERSAL HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS!
The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) kicks off Week 2 of its August Advocacy with an incredibly important topic: Universal Housing Choice Vouchers and Columbia Housing is ALL IN! In the second week of NAHRO's August Advocacy campaign, NAHRO is calling on Congress and the White House to provide a housing choice voucher to every family who is eligible for assistance.
In most states, people who receive vouchers must first wait years while struggling to afford housing. In the state of South Carolina, most households are on the waitlist on average 20 months before receiving their housing voucher.
*Note: Wait times are for households that eventually received a housing voucher and do not include renters currently waiting for housing assistance.
*Source: Department of Housing and Urban Development 2020 Picture of Subsidized Households.
For individuals and families on Columbia Housing's Housing Choice Voucher Program waitlist, the average wait time before receiving a voucher is 36 months. Please join us in asking Congress to support Universal Housing Choice Vouchers.
Click here to view the Average Wait Times for South Carolina.
Ivory N. Mathews, CEO of Columbia Housing currently serves in the following local, state, regional, and national affordable housing advocacy roles:
- Congressional Contact for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)
- Legislative Representative - SC on the Legislative Committee for the Southeastern Regional Council of NAHRO (SERC-NAHRO)
- Board Member & Officer for the Carolina's Council of Housing, Redevelopment & Codes Officials (CCHRCO)
- Senior Vice-President for the Carolina's Council of Housing, Redevelopment & Codes Officials (CCHRCO)
- Legislative Representative - SC on the Legislative Committee for the Carolina's Council of Housing, Redevelopment & Codes Officials (CCHRCO)
- Board Member of the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee for the South Carolina State Housing Finance, and Development Authority
- Member of the SC Association of Housing Authority Executive Directors
- Member of the City of Columbia's Affordable Housing Taskforce
