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Please click here to apply beginning 8:00 am on Monday, November 24, 2025.
Columbia Housing will open the wait list for:
CHRISTOPHER TOWERS - located at 1805 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29205
Columbia Housing will accept online applications for 1- bedroom apartments at Christopher Towers from 8:00 am on Monday, November 24, 2025 until 5:00 pm Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
All available units are 1 bedroom and applicants must be 62 at the time of application. Up to 200 qualified applicants will be selected via lottery for placement on the waiting list.
Columbia Housing is acting on behalf of Christopher Towers and does not own or manage the property.
Completing an application does not guarantee placement on the waitlist. Not all households who apply will be eligible. The final waitlist will be determined using a random lottery.
Waitlist lottery results are final and are not subject to appeal. Households not selected for this waitlist may reapply when the waitlist opens again. Information regarding the date, time and place of future waitlist openings will be posted in advance on this website: columbiahousingsc.org
For additional information, please call Denise Caldwell at 803-254-3886 ext 207.
Foster Youth to Independence Program
Columbia Housing in partnership with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the SC Department of Social Services will begin prescreening applicants for the Foster Youth to Independence Program. The program is available to young adults between the ages of 18-24 who have left Foster Care or will be leaving Foster Care within 90 days. Qualified applicants will be currently homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Please complete the prescreening form below to learn more.
Click here to complete Prescreening for Foster Youth to Independence Program.
TENANTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING CONVERTING TO RAD
HCV WAIT LIST NOTICE
Columbia Housing will open a Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list ONLY for Public Housing tenants residing in properties converting to RAD. Applications will be accepted only at the time of HUD approval of relocation for the applicable RAD property. Public Housing tenants will be notified when they are eligible for this waiting list.
LATIMER MANOR
Columbia Housing will open the Housing Choice Voucher Program wait list solely for current residents of the Latimer Manor Public Housing community on August 15, 2025 at 8:00 am. The wait list will close on August 31, 2025 at 5:00 pm. Paper applications completed by Latimer Manor current residents will be received only at the management offices at Latimer Manor during normal business hours.
Columbia Housing currently provides affordable housing to approximately 15,000 residents in the Columbia Metropolitan area. There are over 2,200 units of public housing for low- and moderate-income families. Most of the properties are located near bus lines, schools, churches, and shopping facilities. On-site maintenance and management are provided for residents in the larger communities.
