housing

New data tracking median rents around the state show a small drop between this month and a year ago. That drop is putting some rents back to where they were in January of 2024.

Mike Switzer interviews Jason Brown with the Charleston Regional Development Alliance.

Mike Switzer interviews Jason Brown with the Charleston Regional Development Alliance.

Mike Switzer interviews Moryah Jackson, executive director of Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity in Columbia, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Moryah Jackson, executive director of Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity in Columbia, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews John McDermott, business editor of the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews John McDermott, business editor of the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette in Columbia, SC, about farmland preservation efforts, a new factory coming to Colleton County, the state housing authority moving ahead with affordable home building, and a new vision for the state ports authority.

Mike Switzer interviews Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette in Columbia, SC, about farmland preservation efforts, a new factory coming to Colleton County, the state housing authority moving ahead with affordable home building, and a new vision for the state ports authority.

Landlords who file eviction proceedings in South Carolina courts brand tenants in a way that follows them wherever they try to move. It doesn’t matter if the evictions actually happened. Lawmakers and advocates want to fix that.