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​​

Outreach recognizes that affordable rental housing in Polk County is scarce and has begun the work to develop 7 acres of our property planned to ultimately include 10 to 12 single family homes. The goal of these affordable rental units is to help families transition from  difficult or no housing to stable housing and ultimately to permanent housing within a three year timeframe.

The first two houses are complete and families have moved in. Both of these houses have 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and are just under 1000 square feet. 

Thanks to a generous grant from the Bradley Fund at the Polk County Community Foundation, Outreach partnered with Keith Rimer and the Polk County High School Construction program to build the shells, which were transported to our property Fall 2020. RimerCorp completed the work once the houses were on site. Outreach plans to continue this partnership with Polk County High School and RimerCorp to build additional houses. 

We are grateful to the many partners across our community who made this project possible- ​

Building Partners

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

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