The city has a goal of adding 3,500 new housing units by 2032.
The Charleston, South Carolina city council gave initial approval for creating a new workforce housing district, a new zoning classification designed to promote affordable housing development.
As Kathryn Casteel reports in The Post and Courier, the new zoning district would require income restrictions on at least half of housing units built there and require them to remain affordable in perpetuity.
According to Casteel, “Mayor William Cogswell hopes to apply the new zoning to property the city already owns or is planning to buy, as well as about 50 acres of low-income housing sites owned by the Charleston Housing Authority — all of which were already earmarked for redevelopment.” One member of the city’s Housing Authority board suggested that the city add language that guarantees the replacement of existing units and guarantees that current residents won’t be displaced.
Read the full story: Charleston moves forward with new workforce housing district, Isle of Palms updates noise ordinance
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