Since Ann Schaefer moved into her new home in Little River in mid-December, establishing her residency has been a nightmare.
The North Carolina transplant first noticed issues when she realized she had stopped receiving mail, despite putting in a forwarding request with the United States Postal Service . She also has not been able to register to vote or update her credit card addresses.
Schaefer discovered that she does not have a “legal deliverable address” and her home was not in the 911 system. The issue is not entirely fixed, but Schaefer got her first piece of mail on Feb. 2.
Schaefer lives in the newly-developed Heather Glen community, adding that she and her husband were one of the first people to move into the area.
It is one of many new housing developments in Horry County. With the large number of people continuing to move into the county, such new construction is also growing.
And although there is a process to making sure new addresses are placed in the system properly, sometimes problems arise, officials said.