U.S. News and World Report recently named Spartanburg, South Carolina the 12th fastest growing place in the country. This growth has put more pressure on an already strained supply of affordable housing, putting homeownership further out of reach for longtime Black residents. With support from LISC Upstate South Carolina, Oak and Ave Property Group – a Black-owned housing developer and full-service brokerage – is helping more families realize their goal of homeownership.

A dozen LISC offices work with TD Bank to create affordable housing in communities that need it most. In Upstate South Carolina, where our office opened in 2019, LISC benefits from the leadership of TD Bank’s John F. Verreault III, who chairs the Local Advisory Committee. In a new Q+A, learn why supporting affordable housing is so important to TD Bank, and to Verreault.

LISC received a $1 million grant through the 2022 TD Ready Challenge to support Bridges to Green Jobs, a LISC initiative to build pathways to employment in the green energy and climate resiliency fields. “People from communities most impacted by climate change will have the opportunity to be a part of the solution, while gaining access to jobs with good pay and growth potential,” said LISC CEO Lisa Glover.