COLUMBIA, S.C. (Post and Courier) — A Midlands nonprofit has broken ground on a multi-million-dollar project to redevelop a historic motel into an affordable housing development. Columbia-based nonprofit Homeless No More held a groundbreaking ceremony at its planned Grand Village housing development on Oct. 13.
Read MoreHomeless No More broke ground Tuesday, Oct. 13, on its new affordable housing community designed to support families with children. Grand Village, located at the former Grand Motel (3003 Two Notch Road) will provide 30 homes for families.
Read MoreThe former Grand Motel site in Columbia will become Grand Village, an affordable housing community for families with children.
Read MoreHomeless No More broke ground Tuesday on Grand Village, an affordable housing community for families, at the former site of Grand Motel on Two Notch Road.
Grand Village is the newest development in HNM’s Live Oak initiative, which provides attainable housing for families with children. The community will provide 30 homes at affordable rents suitable for families.
Read MoreHomeless No More (HNM) officially broke ground on Grand Village, an affordable housing community for families, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the site of the former Grand Motel.
Read MoreHomeless No More (HNM) will host a back-to-school bash at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at the Southeastern Freight Lines Education Center for the children in its primary programs, Family Shelter and St. Lawrence Place.
Read MoreHomeless No More celebrated the opening of a new SC Works Connection Point in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Employment.
The new facility brings career services directly to adults in need. Organizers said it helps families move from crisis to stability by connecting them with training, job searches and hiring resources.
Read MoreYears after the city of Columbia formed a special committee tasked with addressing the city’s unhoused population, Columbia has dolled out more than $160,000 to a third party, out-of-state consultant for help. The move comes after years of tension between the city and nonprofits tasked with helping Columbia’s unhoused population and is one that city officials hope will give them an unbiased look at possible solutions.
Read MoreCOLUMBIA, S.C. (March 20, 2026) — Homeless No More’s (HNM) transitional shelter, St. Lawrence Place, will welcome the addition of an SC Works Connection point lab with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 26.
Read MoreThe lifespan of an eviction filing in the state of South Carolina, at least under current law, is practically infinite. Kalema Grant, now an investigator for the Columbia Police Department, was pushed to move couch-to-couch with her then-infant daughter by an eviction filing dogging her record. Though Grant received transitional housing assistance from local non-profit Homeless No More and regained her footing, she said the eviction filing was a real barrier to her and her child’s fresh start.
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