JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — Funding is now complete for a major affordable housing development on Johns Island that will bring homeownership opportunities to 50 Lowcountry families struggling with rising housing costs.
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity has secured all the funding needed to begin building infrastructure for Sweetgrass Preserve, a new neighborhood planned on a 30-acre parcel of land. The milestone clears the way for construction to begin on what officials say is the nonprofit’s largest project to date.
Once completed, Sweetgrass Preserve will include 50 affordable, owner-occupied homes for families who already live and work on Johns Island but have found it increasingly difficult to buy a home through traditional means…