Greenville Housing Fund

The Brutontown Community is an ongoing project of the Greenville County Redevelopment Authority (GCRA) in their efforts to provide affordable housing in the Greenville area.

GCRA has spent the past three years revamping the Brutontown Community by providing a $2 million Community Center, constructing 20 houses and renovating several others. All new Brutontown Community homes are either Energy Star or Earthcraft energy efficient homes, ranging from $90,000 to $110,000. GCRA offers down payment assistance and homeownership counseling to assist those who need personal attention and guidance as they face the responsibility of owning a home.

The agency also rebuilt the neighborhood’s infrastructure, adding a brand new water and sewer line, resurfacing and relocating streets and constructing new sidewalks. GCRA plans to build 50 more homes and senior rental units, as well as update more streets.

Partners in revitalizing the Brutontown Community include Parker Fire and Sewer District, Habitat for Humanity, The Greenville Recreation District, the Brutontown Neighborhood Association, the Neighborhood Housing Corporation of Greenville, Inc., Greenville Technical College, the Greenville County Human Relations Commission and the South Carolina Department of History and Archives.

In an effort to highlight this exciting project during National Community Development Week, GCRA proudly hosted an open house and historic marker unveiling at the Brutontown Community. The event provided elected officials and citizens an opportunity to view current projects being financed by Community Development Funds, allowing them to further understand the value of these resources.

GCRA offered public tours of various homes in the Brutontown Community, as well as homeownership classes. They also unveiled a marker displaying a concise history of the community, located at the Community Entrance on Rutherford Road and Old Paris Mountain Road. The South Carolina Department of History designed the marker, with help from GCRA and other Brutontown community members.

The Greenville Housing Fund enthusiastically supports the efforts of GCRA to provide affordable housing for those in the Greenville area. GCRA’s redevelopment of the Brutontown Community has already made a significant impact on the availability of affordable housing in Greenville and will continue serve this collective effort as further projects are completed in the future.

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