After many discussions and meetings with local stakeholders, it was determined that it would be beneficial to the Catawba Region to solicit proposals for a regional study concerning the workforce housing market, including inventory, cost, and relationship to economic conditions and jobs in the four-county Catawba Regional Council of Governments (CRCOG) region. The CRCOG is soliciting proposals to conduct a comprehensive study examining the state of workforce housing availability in the CRCOG area, which includes the counties of Chester, Lancaster, Union, and York in South Carolina. Please see the full Request for Proposal for a detailed study and submittal information in the announcement links below.
RFP Submitted Questions, with Answers provided by the CRCOG
Request for Proposal Announcement
All questions were submitted for review to the CRCOG staff by the September 5, 2025, deadline. Please click on the link above to review.
Scope of Study
The CRCOG is soliciting proposals to conduct a comprehensive study examining the state of workforce housing availability in the CRCOG area, which includes the counties of Chester, Lancaster, Union, and York in South Carolina. Knowing that housing—and housing types that are attainable for all residents—is fundamental to economic and workforce development, as well as a tool to combat persistent poverty and decrease the likelihood of homelessness, Catawba Region area leaders recognize this is an issue that merits study.
The CRCOG, on behalf of the project partners, seeks to complete a study that targets those with incomes between 80% and 150% AMI. The study should:
• Examine and quantify the existing housing stock of the determined geography.
• Identify where units are available, or where future development or redevelopment can occur.
• Report the price ranges of various types of housing units.
• Detail the gaps in the housing stock by both product availability and income affordability.
• Analyze linkages between housing and other services critical for economic growth, such as transportation.
• Provide data-based barriers to workforce housing, and possible ways to overcome those barriers, including examples from similar communities.
Submission Process
Each firm responding to this solicitation is officially a respondent. Each respondent must submit a sealed package containing an original and five (5) copies plus one (1) digital copy. Proposals must be submitted to:
Elizabeth Morgan, emorgan@catawabacog.org
Receipt Location:
215 Hampton Street
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 450
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29731
Proposals should be labeled with “Catawba Regional Workforce Housing Study” on the outside of the package and are due Friday, September 19, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. EST. Proposals may be submitted in person, by messenger, or by regular mail. Any package that is received after the specified date and time will be deemed late and will remain unopened.
Before submission, if any respondents have a question, they must be submitted in writing to emorgan@catawbacog.org no later than September 5, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. EST. Answered questions will be posted along with the RFP on the Catawba COG Website.
Contract Terms and Conditions
The CRCOG reserves the right not to select from the pool of applicants, should no agreeable proposal be received.
Request for Proposal Announcement
(803) 327-9041
