New Eviction Strategy Paper and Website Now Available

This strategy paper and website are the product of a community effort to reduce the impact of evictions in Greenville County. 
Input and feedback were deliberately gathered from stakeholders involved in every part of the eviction process. These stakeholder groups included those who have experienced evictions, landlords, eviction law firms, service providers, magistrate judges, attorneys, mediators, faith communities, and philanthropic partners.

Strategy Paper

This paper outlines the current issue and identifies major strengths and weaknesses of our system. It lays out potential strategies that could be adopted to reduce the number of evictions in Greenville County and explores how evictions impact tenants, landlords, and the community.  Read it.

Eviction Website

This website was designed to be a resource for tenants, landlords, and the community.  In it, you will find information about the eviction process, where to go for help, a landlord resource hub, and videos about the impact of eviction in Greenville County.  Visit the site at evictioningvlcounty.org

Eviction Stories

GHA partnered with students from the Bob Jones University Cinematic Arts Department to create video “Stories of Hope” to educate and inspire our community. The stories below were created in 2024 and focused on eviction education. Many thanks to Associate Professor Jason M. Waggoner, Cinematic Arts Department Head Sharyn Robertson, and all the faculty and students who helped bring these stories to life.

Pregnant featuring Dr. Kacey Eichelberger, Chair of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Prisma Health Upstate. Filmmaker: Claire Gotcher

The big hope for these videos is that people will walk away with a broader scope of how eviction affects the community and the various ways people can be helped. There were so many aspects of this issue that I hadn’t considered, and I’m happy to say that I was surprised by how many professionals have dedicated their time to helping people in need in these areas. At the same time, I see how much need there is for this kind of work to continue to grow, not only in Greenville but in other counties and states all over the US.

Claire Gotcher, Student Filmmaker

Perseverance featuring Taylor Young, Director of Social Services, The Salvation Army of Greenville County. Filmmaker: Megan Winberg

So often as storytellers and filmmakers we want to make up characters of our own, but getting to spend time with people and hear about their life makes them the best kind of storyteller. Only they can tell their story how they felt it, how they lived it, how they breathed it. That’s not something you can just recreate. The emotions are real, the feelings are real, and their words are powerful. While shooting, I forgot about the camera next to me and the microphone by her mouth. Suddenly I forgot that I was making a doc at all, and all I wanted to do was listen to her story. And then I realized that my job was to make her story heard, and I felt the significance of her message and the pressure to present it with integrity and technical excellence.

Megan Winberg, Student Filmmaker

A Landlord’s Perspective featuring Matt Foster, CEO NOAH Property Management and Mario Brown, CEO Affordable Upstate. Filmmaker: Hans Rathert

Support Services Perspective featuring Martin Watson, Community Relations Coordinator for Greenville County Human Relations Commission (GCHRC). Filmmaker: Robert Brown

See additional eviction stories here.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to all the partners and individuals who participated in roundtables, interviews, surveys, and discussions. Our community is stronger because of you and your leadership in Greenville County.