Tag: housing
Plans for South Kilbourne apartment complex leave ...
By Emily Okon | Jan 25, 2023
SC’s housing market intimidates young profes...
By Holly Poag | Oct 10, 2022
USC has a record-breaking freshmen class. Can hous...
By Jayden Simmons | Sep 26, 2022
City council’s plan to build ‘rapid shelters’ for ...
By Connor Bird | Sep 21, 2022
NAACP wants to overturn South Carolina ban on data...
By Kaitlyn McCue | Apr 5, 2022
Kansas City Royals provide Fireflies players with local housing
by Jack Veltri | Sep 14, 2022
Major league team pays for Columbia Fireflies’ housing for the first time, ensuring the minor league team has lodging for the season.
Read MoreLocal organizations seeking solutions to Columbia’s affordable housing crisis
by Nicholas Sullivan and Christine Bartruff | Dec 6, 2021
Columbia has 1,684 affordable units, about half the number available in 1998. Here’s how local organizations are working to improve the housing shortage.
Read MoreA historically Black area in Columbia is changing, and residents question why
by Sebastian Lee | Nov 30, 2021
In the area bound by Harden Street, Taylor Street, Two Notch Road and Chestnut Street, a historically black area, the black population is shrinking and giving way to a growing white population.
Read MoreFormer Allen Benedict residents still feel effects of Columbia’s negligence
by Nicholas Sullivan and Christine Bartruff | Nov 22, 2021
Three years after a fatal gas leak forced them from their homes, former Allen Benedict Court residents say they are still looking for safe and permanent housing options.
Read MoreSouth Carolinians feel aftershocks of eviction moratorium
by Emma Dooling and Michaela Catoe | Oct 27, 2021
Two weeks ago, Homeless No More began receiving more than triple its usual volume of calls due to an increased number of evictions in Columbia. President and CEO Lila Anna Sauls is hoping the wave will have run its course by the end of the year.
Read MoreFor the hidden homeless, resources don’t come easy
by Nicholas Sullivan | Oct 21, 2021
Different federal agencies have different definitions of “homeless,” causing some, such as students and families, to slip through the cracks.
Read MoreUofSC economist predicts vaccinations will lead to faster economic recovery
by Daniella Ramirez | Apr 16, 2021
As more South Carolinians take their vaccines, a UofSC economist predicts a statewide economic recovery this year.
Read MoreThe elderly are at the center of Columbia’s housing crisis
by Katie Graybill | Dec 6, 2019
The process for finding housing and additional assistance is not an easy one for senior citizens in Columbia.
Read MoreA time of transition for the Columbia Housing Authority
by Shayla Nidever | Mar 1, 2019
Over the next few weeks, transitions will be rolling out for The Columbia Housing Authority including new positions and a new director.
Read MoreFor Walker, a 50-year legacy in public housing and then chaos
by Shayla Nidever | Mar 1, 2019
Executive director of the Columbia Housing Authority and employee for over 50 years, Gilbert Walker will retire at the end of June 2019.
Read MoreColumbia mayor unveils new home ownership initiative
by Zack Bennett | Feb 19, 2019
On Tuesday afternoon, Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin announced efforts to increase home ownership in Columbia.
Read MoreHousing policy, economics create an unaffordable city
by Larissa Johnson | May 3, 2018
South Carolina leads the country in evictions per renting household. And it’s only getting worse.
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