Outreach Housing Village
Important links -
- Tenant Selection Policy
- Outreach Rental Application
- * completing the application online is preferred, but paper copies are available at Outreach if needed
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In an effort to help address the affordable housing shortage in Polk County, Outreach is developing a portion of our property to build rental houses. Phase 1 of our development will be complete by the end of 2022 and includes four homes -
The three 2BR/2BA houses were started at Polk County High School (PCHS). PCHS Construction students, led by instructors Keith Rimer and now Eric Morlino, completed the exterior shells which include framing, installing and painting exterior siding, windows, doors and the roof. When the houses are in place on Hope Valley Lane, RimerCorp builds the interior of the house and completes the remainder of the work.
Generous donations from Suzanne Plumly's Estate, Ann Jacob Tom's Estate and the Bradley Fund at the Polk County Community Foundation made the construction of the Phase 1 houses possible.
Phase 2 of our property development project is creating important infrastructure so we can continue to build additional homes. Dogwood Health Trust awarded Outreach a generous grant in 2021 to cover the costs of clearing property, building a bridge across the creek that runs through the neighborhood, installing sewer and water, cutting in and paving roads. Once the infrastructure work is complete, we will build additional homes. |
Phase 3 is scheduled to begin early 2023 and will be a mix of different sized houses. In addition to the 4th house the PCHS Construction Program is building for us, we are planning to construct a couple 1 BR/1 BA duplexes, two 3 BR / 2 BA houses and possibly a 4 BR / 2BA house to better accomodate larger families. Further, we are partnering with our County and Crossnore Communities for Children and expect to build two homes that will be part of the Professional Foster Parent Program pilot.
If you would like a tour of our neighborhood and property development or are interested in learning more, please contact Margot Carter (margot.carter@tboureach.org or 828-894-2988).
If you would like a tour of our neighborhood and property development or are interested in learning more, please contact Margot Carter (margot.carter@tboureach.org or 828-894-2988).
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We are grateful to the many partners across our community who made this project possible-
Building Partners
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PCHS Construction Program
RimerCorp Foothills Crawlspace B&L Distributing Laddy Edwards Electrical Billy Staley Plumbing Supreme Heating & Air Advanced Foam & Insulation |
Bradley Roofing
Mitch Contracting Co. NC Cooperative Extension Redmon Trucking & Equipment Odom Engineering Stotts Grading Duke Energy |
Community Partners
Town of Columbus
Polk County DSS, Building & Planning Departments
Western Carolina Community Action
Housing Assistance Corporation
Habitat for Humanity
Foothills Regional Commission
Tryon Rotary Club
Steps to Hope
Polk County DSS, Building & Planning Departments
Western Carolina Community Action
Housing Assistance Corporation
Habitat for Humanity
Foothills Regional Commission
Tryon Rotary Club
Steps to Hope
Funding Partners
Polk County Community Foundation - Bradley Fund
Dogwood Health Trust
Estate of Suzanne Plumly
Estate of Ann Jacob Toms
FK, Darlene & Keen McFarland Trust
Outreach Hope Society
Dogwood Health Trust
Estate of Suzanne Plumly
Estate of Ann Jacob Toms
FK, Darlene & Keen McFarland Trust
Outreach Hope Society