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Columbia launches effort to strengthen housing, mental health services for people experiencing homelessness

Columbia officials begin a community-wide assessment to identify housing and mental health gaps and build a strategic plan to address homelessness. The consulting team will work alongside local service providers, community stakeholders and individuals with lived experience to better understand current needs and opportunities for improvement. Organizations involved in the effort include Transitions Homeless Center, Oliver Gospel Mission, Homeless No More and other grassroots agencies that serve the homeless population.

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Adriana Napolitano
5 recognized for social justice work

The University of South Carolina has recognized five students, faculty and staff members for their work on campus and in the larger community with 2026 Social Justice Awards. As president and CEO of Homeless No More — and the 2026 community partner recipient of USC’s Martin Luther King Social Justice Award — Dr. Lila Anna Sauls is laser-focused on addressing every detail that might impede a family’s journey out of homelessness.

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Adriana Napolitano
New Columbia affordable housing community opens doors to seven families

New beginnings are taking shape in one of Columbia’s historic districts as seven new families have moved into a new affordable housing community.

Eight-year-old O’Nor moved into her new home at Waites Way Townhomes, a newly built community off Two Notch Road.

The $4 million project was built through Homeless No More’s Live Oak Program, an initiative that aims to build more than 200 affordable housing units. Close to 50 units have been bought or built so far.

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Adriana Napolitano
Mixed-use development offers those struggling with housing home for the holidays

It was the culmination of three years of work securing a little less than an acre of land near Homeless No More’s St. Lawrence Place transitional housing, then building the homes with $2.5 million in federal funding secured through S.C. Housing and $50,000 from financial partner Truist. The new space offers mixed-income housing in two- or three-bedroom units between 1,100 and 1,500 square feet. The rent will vary based on the median income for each unit, ranging from $299 to $900. The nonprofit said every unit will be filled by the end of the month.

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Adriana Napolitano