Phase 2 of Huger Street and King Street pump station project begins
October 28, 2024
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Shovels hit the ground Monday at Huger Street and King Street, signaling the start of the second and final phase of a drainage improvement project.
‘A lifesaver’: Local Charleston residents save on energy bills through new program
September 9, 2024
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Hot summer weather and inefficient appliances can cause your monthly energy bill to soar. Now a community partnership between Dominion Energy and the Housing Authority for the City of Charleston is helping some Lowcountry residents save money.
Charleston Housing Authority selects plan to redevelop low-income housing on peninsula
September 3, 2024
Charleston’s city housing authority plans to demolish and redevelop the Meeting Street Manor Extension public housing complex and has chosen a team for the job.
Local, state leaders break ground on Johns Island affordable housing project
February 15, 2024
The family of local civil rights hero Esau Jenkins as well as leaders from across Charleston county and the state broke ground Thursday on the Esau Jenkins Village, a new affordable housing project off Maybank Highway on Johns Island.
Charleston Housing Authority reconstructing and redeveloping public housing units
January 4, 2024
CHARLESTON S.C. (WCBD) – Affordable housing units in Charleston could be seeing significant improvements in the buildings and surrounding neighborhoods.
Housing Authority gives update on plan to redevelop, renovate all public housing
December 28, 2023
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The Charleston Housing Authority is making progress on its plan to redevelop or renovate all 1,407 of its public housing units.
Plan to redevelop Charleston public housing would put 1,100 new apartments on peninsula
December 20, 2023
In 2024, a huge new venture could begin reshaping Charleston’s upper peninsula by replacing 286 public housing units built in the 1930s with a multi-block 1,116-apartment redevelopment for people of all incomes.
January 12, 2022
After reading the Jan. 4 editorial, “As one housing innovator retires, Charleston must keep innovating,” I want to provide additional information on the transition in leadership at the Charleston Housing Authority.
Excerpt from the Fall 2021 edition of Affordable Housing News
December 22, 2021
Editorial: Charleston County’s land plan could boost affordable housing — or set it back
December 7, 2021
There’s no question our area needs more affordable housing, particularly in downtown Charleston, one of our region’s major employment centers and one of the easiest places to get by without the added expense of owning a car.
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