The local affordable housing advocate and developer Greenville Housing Fund was recently awarded a $200,000 Housing for Everyone grant from the TD Charitable Foundation, the giving arm of TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®. GHF is one of 36 nonprofit organizations selected from more than 270 applicants to receive a Housing for Everyone grant as part of the TD Charitable Foundation’s annual, signature program, which has helped support organizations providing affordable housing and affordable housing services since 2005.
Access to housing remains a major issue for individuals and families across the country. But sustaining homeownership amid the increasing costs of maintenance and other economic pressures is just as prevalent of a challenge. This growing burden has put significant financial strain on many households, particularly those with lower incomes, underscoring the need for the TD Charitable Foundation’s 2025 Housing for Everyone grant program. This year’s focus was on supporting organizations that provide solutions through post-purchase support to help those struggling to maintain homeownership due to rising property taxes, increasing home insurance premiums and expensive repairs, for example.
To address some of these challenges, GHF will use the Housing for Everyone grant to support its Homeownership Preservation Program (HOPP), designed to enable long-time homeowners in Greenville’s Special Emphasis neighborhoods, many of which are swiftly gentrifying, to remain owner-occupants, through provision of critical repairs and upgrades. The TD Bank funding will enable an expansion of this successful program, adding elements of wraparound support and counseling to address financial, legal, or community-change challenges facing these low-income homeowners.