CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Holy City’s population is growing quickly and so is the need for affordable housing.
“People are moving here. They have a higher income, so it’s pushing the median income up and that’s making things less and less affordable for the people that have been here,” said Mayor William Cogswell. “I think your average citizen does feel that it’s not just low income- this is kind of all across the board so it’s a real social and economic issue that we’ve got to address and we’ve gotten pretty aggressive.”
The city is working on a plan to add more affordable housing as they develop areas like Union Pier and Sumar Street. The Sumar Street plan has finalized affordable housing, and the city is working to add it to the Union Pier project…