Several Columbia neighborhoods sued the University of South Carolina after a massive student housing development allegedly caused “student intrusion” that disrupted residents’ ability to enjoy their homes.
It was dismissed in December 2025.
City resident Kit Smith, along the Wales Garden, Hollywood-Rose Hill and Wheeler Hill neighborhood associations filed the complaint against the university and the City of Columbia in March 2024, just months after Campus Village, and 18-acre property on Whaley and Bull streets, welcomed 1,800 students for the first time in August 2023…