Love Columbia in the News
Love Columbia broke ground Thursday (October 3, 2024) on its new transitional housing expansion project on East Ash Street. According to Love Columbia, this housing project will consist of six three-bedroom units and four two-bedroom units to house up to 10 families at 1221 E. Ash St. as they move toward permanent housing.
-Jazsmin Halliburton, ABC 17, October 3, 2024
“A vast majority of the jobs in Columbia that are entry level don't meet the housing needs that people are experiencing," Hake said. "That’s had us in the process of finding how we can help people move from these survival jobs into livable wage employment." Hake said their decision to open the job fair to the city and county specifically came from trying to give back to the community.
-Trevon Bobo, KOMU 8, June 12, 2024
Anderson Homes and Love Columbia have joined forces to build affordable houses in our community! Mark Briley, president of Anderson Homes Foundation, shares how it came to be.
-Adonica Coleman, The Daily Blend w/ AC
Love Columbia received a donation of over $1 million from The Crossing, an Evangelical Presbyterian congregation located in south Columbia, to help families in need of housing.
"I think people very much resonated with unhoused families with children," Williams said. "The impact on their education and really the whole community. And they just stepped into the housing crisis in an incredible, incredible way."
-Cameron Koffel, KOMU 8, April 24, 2024
Love Columbia is kicking off the holiday season with a gift for people who are at risk of eviction.
The Home for the Holidays campaign launched on Sunday and already has more than $7,000 from the community. The Veterans United Foundation donated $50,000 to the campaign, which was then matched by QuesTec Mechanical.
-Elly Laliberte, KOMU 8, December 6, 2023