About
Who We Are
The Charleston Redevelopment Corporation (CRC) is a Certified Development Financial Institution (CDFI) organized to leverage funding to facilitate, develop, and advocate for neighborhood revitalization, housing construction, preservation and economic development throughout Charleston County. Working in concert with Development Partners and Local Units of Government.
The CRC operates three (3) Loan Programs, an affordable housing loan program for developers, Common Cause Rehabilitation Loan Program, and provides Consumer DPA Loans designed to remove financial barriers that hinder the development of housing.
The CRC operates the Palmetto Community Land Trust, which provides long term affordability to approximately Two Hundred (200) housing units being planned, constructed, or preserved.
What We Do
Develop affordable housing.
Cultivate new partnerships with community stakeholders and development partners to break down silos.
Secure regional and national funding for loan capital to invest in the local community
Our Mission
Add more affordable for-sale housing and affordable rental housing.
Protect long-term affordability of the PCLT properties.
Provide a cost-effective source of scarce funding for affordable housing.
Strategic Focus
Strategic Lending to support Work Force Housing and Economic Development
Scattered site new construction and acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable homeownership housing.
Large scale joint venture development of affordable rental housing