The Charleston Housing Authority is taking on the biggest overhaul in its history. All of the city's public housing units are being rehabbed or rebuilt, and more affordable apartments are being added to the city. Charleston Housing Authority CEO Art Milligan answers our questions about the project.
If you live in or around Charleston, you know how expensive it’s become to live here. It’s not hard to understand why there’s a need for more affordable housing in the city.
So, it caught a lot of people’s attention when the Charleston Housing Authority announced that year what will be the biggest public housing initiative in its history. The authority will be renovating or replacing all of its about 1,400 public housing units.
With this overhaul, no low-income housing will be lost, more affordable apartments will be added to the city, the housing authority has said.
This project will happen over the span of multiple years, so there are still a lot of questions ahead about which units will be renovated and which will be replaced and exactly how many affordable apartments can be added as part of those projects.
Art Milligan, CEO of the Charleston Housing Authority explains this major overhaul and what it means for residents and the city.
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This episode was hosted and produced by Emily Williams.
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