The housing and eviction crisis in Columbia
For those living on the margins of society, the possibility of eviction is ever present. Building off a statistical database from Princeton University researchers and a New York Times story, Larissa Johnson examines the housing and eviction crisis in Columbia.
Johnson discovered a labyrinth of regulations and roadblocks as those living from paycheck to paycheck seek to find affordable, permanent housing.
Housing policy, economics create an unaffordable city
South Carolina leads the country in evictions per renting household. And it’s only getting worse.
For those on the edge, eviction looms large in South Carolina
More than 1,700 eviction cases have been filed in the Dutch Fork Magistrate Court since Jan. 1.
