COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Looking at the land that was once Allen Benedict Court Housing, you can see the traces of a painful past, but Columbia Housing Authority leaders say they’re laying the groundwork for a promising future.
“It’s a phoenix that is rising from its ashes,” said Barry Hall, interim chief executive officer of Columbia Housing Authority.
Allen Benedict Court was the oldest public housing in the nation, but in 2019, two men, Calvin Witherspoon, Jr., and Derrick Roper, died of carbon monoxide poisoning…