The 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.
