One80 Place gets ‘final puzzle piece’ for new housing for former homeless

By Mikaela Porter mporter@postandcourier.com
May 31, 2019

A planned 70-unit affordable housing project for formerly homeless workers downtown has new life and could begin construction soon, thanks to a new legal deal.

The housing project is being built by the nonprofit group One80 Place, which runs a homeless shelter on Walnut Street and plans to build the new units on its former shelter site at 573 Meeting St. The $24 million project had been on hold until a breakthrough this week freed up $3 million more from the city of Charleston.

“We are beyond delighted, excited, optimistic,” One80 Director Stacey Denaux said Friday. “This was really kind of the final piece of the puzzle to fall into place to move the project forward.”