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Consultants with the Ohio-based National Affordable Housing Trust have been tasked with guiding Charleston County housing authority officials through its redevelopment application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
After the exposure of poor living conditions and deterioration that led to a failing grade from federal housing inspectors, officials in charge of Charleston s Joseph Floyd Manor say they re on the way to securing a better future for the building and its residents.Â
In May, The Post and Courier first reported about infestations of bedbugs and other vermin, as well as long-term neglect at the high-rise on Mount Pleasant Street, which houses some of the Holy City s poorest and most vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities.
Following several articles noting problems at the 70-year-old building, the Charleston County Housing and Redevelopment Authority s CEO was fired and county officials later voted to remove the housing board s chairman.Â