South Carolina – The South Carolina Office of Resilience is pleased to announce the opening of three SC Hurricane Helene Housing Recovery Program Offices to support long term disaster recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene. Currently, all office locations are open to the public for drop-in appointments Monday-Friday from 9:00-5:00, and Saturdays from 9:00-12:00, to apply for housing recovery assistance for damage caused by Hurricane Helene. The office locations are:

Greenville, SC: 147 Commons Way, Greenville 29611

Aiken, SC: 900 Trail Ridge Rd. Suite 210, Aiken 29803

Greenwood, SC: 104 Maxwell Ave. Suite 402, Greenwood 29646

The SC Office of Resilience (SCOR) is the state agency responsible for administering South Carolina’s $150 million Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) allocation. Funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), this grant will be used to deliver housing repair, replacement, or reconstruction services at no cost to impacted residents in 15 counties in South Carolina. 

SCOR is accepting applications at the three office locations, at multiple mobile intake events in impacted areas, by phone at (844) 410-8560, or online at SCStormRecovery.com/Helene. 

The following counties are included in the CDBG-DR housing program: Aiken, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Abbeville, Cherokee, Edgefield, McCormick, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Saluda and Union. Eligible applicants include: (1) low to moderate income homeowners whose primary residence were impacted by Helene and (2) rental property owners whose homes were impacted. The program prioritizes serving low to moderate income citizens, with those who earn 30% or lower of the Area Median Income for their county prioritized higher. 

Under SCOR’s HUD-Approved Action Plan for the CDBG-DR program, three housing programs are currently offered:

1. Single-family Home Rehabilitation, Replacement, and Reconstruction
2. Affordable rental Housing Rehabilitation
3. Voluntary Buyouts

Residents with remaining disaster-caused unmet needs aside from Housing are encouraged to apply for assistance with SCOR’s Disaster Case Management Program. Disaster Case Management (DCM) has been an ongoing process managed by SCOR following Hurricane Helene. Applications for housing assistance submitted through DCM in the 15 CDBG-DR counties will automatically be reviewed for the SC Hurricane Helene Housing Recovery Program.

For those with disaster-caused needs other than housing, or for residents of counties outside of the 15 served by CDBG-DR, please call (803) 898-2511 or visit the nearest SCOR Disaster Case Management Regional Office Monday-Friday from 8:30 – 5:00. Office Locations are:

Columbia, SC: 2100 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29201.

Central, SC: 100 Church Street, Central, SC 29630.

Spartanburg, SC: 145 N. Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306.

Aiken, SC: 900 Trail Ridge Road, Aiken, SC 29803.

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About SCOR: The South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) is committed to enhancing the state's ability to anticipate, absorb, recover, and thrive when presented with environmental changes and natural hazards by planning and coordinating statewide resilience, long-term disaster recovery, and hazard mitigation. In addition to serving 3,460 homes in our Disaster Recovery Program, SCOR has 86 active flood mitigation projects, including voluntary buyouts, stormwater infrastructure, and plans and studies, across the State. SCOR continues to implement and maintain the Strategic Statewide Resilience and Risk Reduction Plan, which provides a framework to guide investment in projects, programs, and policies to protect the people and property of South Carolina from the damage and destruction of extreme weather events.