CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston City Councilmember Aaron Polkey will be holding an affordable housing town hall on Tuesday, meeting with housing authority residents and supporters to discuss Project 3500.
Project 3500 is the city’s ambitious initiative to build 3,500 net new affordable housing units across the city by 2032.
According to Polkey, topics discussed at the town hall will include the following:
- What the term “affordable housing” really means
- Plans to demolish and rebuild most of Downtown Charleston’s public housing complexes
- Concerns that current Housing Authority residents will be permanently displaced
- Current substandard housing conditions
- Rebuilding trust after feelings of broken promises from years gone by.
The town hall meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on April 21 at South Carolina State University 1890 Research & Extension, which is located at 35 Lee Street in Charleston…