100+ residents of aging Marion Street High Rise expected to be moved due to safety concerns Apartments in a new construction project will be made available to residents of Marion Street, Columbia Housing said. (Source: Columbia Housing Authority) By Kiana Miller | January 28, 2021 at 8:35 AM EST - Updated January 28 at 1:45 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Columbia Housing says it is building new units and repositioning and upgrading current units in an effort to provide quality, safe and affordable housing.
That includes the aging Marion Street High Rise, which was built in 1975.
Columbia Housing hired an engineering firm to conduct an assessment and analysis of its buildings. Based on HUD’s total development cost schedule, replacement costs for Marion Street were estimated at $20,261,404 with estimated rehabilitation costs totaling $16,040,024.
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After deadly Columbia gas leak, Congress mandates CO detectors in public housing Rebecca Liebson, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Dec. 29 A provision included in the $900 billion Covid-19 relief bill signed by President Trump this week will require carbon monoxide detectors in all federally subsidized housing.
The new rules come nearly two years after two residents in Columbia s Allen Benedict Court housing project died from a gas leak there. The city s code enforcement later found 869 code violations at the property, including missing carbon monoxide detectors.
An investigation from NBC News revealed that at least 13 public housing residents nationwide have died from carbon monoxide poisoning since 2013.