Fairmont Housing Authority is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Fairmont Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Fairmont Housing Authority administered a total of 50 Section 8 Vouchers. Fairmont Housing Authority currently has Low-Rent as its program type. Fairmont Housing Authority is located at 501 McDaniel Street, Fairmont, NC, 28340 and serves the city of Fairmont. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Fairmont Housing Authority at, (910)628-7467 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

Your friends in Fairmont wish to welcome you to our hometown. We invite you to visit us, rest a spell, and enjoy small town life in this warm and progressive slice of Americana. If you are ready for relocating, whether for business reasons or for escaping the fast lane of the city, you'll find Fairmont ready to welcome you.

Fairmont is located in the southern part of Robeson County. The town has a population of 2,763, but the businesses and industries of the town actually draw upon a population between 25, and 3, from the communities surrounding the town. The population is a uniquely tri-racial mix of the African American, Native American and Caucasian races. Fairmont was originally founded on the site of the Ashpole Institute, a small private academy, and was chartered in 1899 as Union City, then Ashpole in 191 and lastly as Fairmont in 197. The first settlers to this area received land grants from the Lord's Proprietors and worked in the logging and naval stores industries producing lumber, turpentine and pitch for ships. By the late 18's, a thriving tobacco market had been established as well. The railroads later followed to rapidly move these goods. By the early 19's, tobacco became king, and by the mid-195's, Fairmont was considered one of the major tobacco markets in the world. As health concerns have affected the sales of tobacco, many local farmers have turned to other cash crops, mainly corn, soybeans and wheat.

The mission of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce is to be a membership organization dedicated to promoting and supporting economic development, assist with enhancing the overall economic environment and quality of life in our community, and dedicated to meeting the identified needs of our city by fostering economic opportunity and a respected business climate within our region.