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State Data Overview
Across South Carolina, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
South Carolina
Key Facts
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163,016 OR 26%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-92,446
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$30,180
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$54,069
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 127 hours per week or 3.2 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 143 hours per week or 3.6 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Beaufort County HMFA $34.92 Charleston-North Charleston MSA $34.37 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia HMFA $32.42 Jasper County HMFA $29.65 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway HMFA $28.17 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $18.40 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $15.41 Retail Salespersons $15.16 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $14.88 Fast Food and Counter Workers $13.60 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Kayla Gilchrist
State PartnersThere is currently no State Coalition Partner in this state. Learn the qualifications for becoming a State Coalition Partner.
Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved.
Current Year HTF Allocation$8,590,615
HTF State Resources2020
2020 Small Rental Development Program (SRDP) Application Manual (PDF)
2020 Public Comments and Responses (PDF)
Draft Final 2020 Annual Action Plan, HTF Allocation Plan on page 104 (PDF)
2019
Although these items were posted by the state for 2019, they apply to the state's 2018 HTF allocation.
Small Rental Development Program (SRDP) Application Manual (PDF)
Draft Action Plan, HTF Allocation Plan pages 46-53 and 84-91 (PDF)
Small Rental Development Program (SRDP) Webpage
2019 SDRP Bulletin 1 (PDF)
2019 SDRP Bulletin 2 (PDF)
2019 SDRP Public Comments and Responses (PDF)
Projects awarded 2018 HTF allocation in 2019 (PDF)
2018
Final Action Plan, HTF discussion on pages 47-51 and HTF Allocation Plan on pages 73-80 (PDF)
Small Rental Development Program (SRDP) Application Manual (PDF)
2017
HTF Awards under the State’s Small Rental Development Program, SRDP (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft 2017 Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2016
2017 NHTF Rental Workshop slides (PDF)
2017 NHTF Rental Manual (PDF)
HUD-Approved 2016 Allocation Plan (PDF)
Revised Allocation Plan Submitted August 15, 2016 (PDF)
Third Draft HTF Allocation Plan by South Carolina Housing Finance Authority (PDF)
Public Comments and Replies from South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan by South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority (SC Housing)Official Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationJennifer Cogan
Director, Development Division
803-893-9824
[email protected]Eric Kiesling
Development Coordinator
803-896-9843
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
National Housing Trust Fund
Small Rental Development Program (SRDP) -
ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: South Carolina (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: South Carolina (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In South Carolina and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In South Carolina and Nationwide
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