CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The Charleston Housing Authority has goals of renovating or fully redeveloping hundreds of units, but the timelines are up in the air as they’ve been denied for the majority of the federal funding to complete these projects for years.
Charleston Housing Authority tenants have been wanting their conditions to change for months, and with reconstruction on the horizon, the authority hopes the future can include new wiring, plumbing and appliances. Just like what’s already been done at half of the 61 units at Kiawah Homes.
But progress at other complexes remains in limbo. That’s because the authority has been denied millions of dollars in federal tax credits from S.C. Housing each year for the last five years, Charleston Housing Authority Director of Development Pete Sherman says…