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Take a look at these staggering numbers for Charleston County:
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Charleston
County
Housing
By the Numbers
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$551,812
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Average Home
Price for New Single Residence Construction Permits for unincorporated areas for
Charleston
County
(Charleston County Permits
Office - July 2005)
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$312,708
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Average sale
price for single residence in
Charleston
County
(Charleston Trident Association
of Realtors - July 2005)
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75%
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Local residents
who cannot afford average sale price home in
Charleston
County
(2000 Census)
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$93,812.40
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Household income
needed to afford median priced home in
Charleston
County
(July 2005)
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$726
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Average rent for
a 2-bedroom apartment in
Charleston
County
(4th qtr 2004, ACCR Cost of
Living Index)
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$24,464
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Typical income
earned by Sea Island Habitat family of four
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$405.63
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Average Sea
Island Habitat for Humanity monthly mortgage payment (including
principal and escrow)
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Habitat provides affordable housing for working low-income families!
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As you can see, it's only because of Sea
Island Habitat that all 200+ families that we've served were able to move their
families into safe, decent and affordable homes. Please support
this ministry as we continue to change lives and impact the Lowcountry.
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