The members of the Aiken Corporation and ADDA always strived to rehabilitate housing units in the City’s downtown. During the 1980s there were numerous vacant houses that did not attract visitors, businesses or residents. The members of the Aiken Corporation and ADDA had a plan to renovate these houses and to attract people to move and live in downtown. They loaned funds up to $75,000 for two years without interest to owners interested in rehabilitating vacant homes. Throughout this effort twelve homes were upgraded, refinished, and put back on the market for resale or rent..