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Growing the inventory of affordable homes in SC

By Mike Switzer

Published February 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM EST

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Clayton Ingram, external relations and policy manager with the South Carolina State Housing and Finance Development Authority

While it’s getting to be quite well known that our state is a leader in the number of people moving here, creating record numbers of new homeowners, we are also leading the nation in evictions and foreclosures. Which is why our next guest’s state agency is working hard to increase the number of affordable homes. Mike Switzer interviews Clayton Ingram, external relations and policy manager with the South Carolina State Housing and Finance Development Authority in Columbia.

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Mike Switzer

After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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