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Affordable-home developer takes state award
Three years after being honored for developing apartments on Daniel Island, a local group has received a top award for its senior housing nearby.

The Mount Pleasant-based Humanities Foundation, which specializes in affordable housing, brought home the 2010 South Carolina Housing Achievement award for Housing Development.

Bestowing the award was the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority. The presentation took place Feb. 17 in Columbia at the 16th annual Palmetto Affordable Housing Forum.

The foundation was singled out for Seven Farms Village, a 42-unit affordable housing community for seniors. The village is located on Daniel Island, which is in the city of Charleston. Seven Farms Village is also a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold-certified community.

“We are very grateful to receive this prestigious award,” says Tracy Doran, the foundation’s executive director. “We are very proud of Seven Farms Village.”

The foundation won the Housing Development of the Year award once before, in 2007 for 72-unit Seven Farms apartments, also on Daniel Island.

Seven Farms Village is the latest development completed by the Humanities Foundation.

The foundation has developed a number of other projects in the Charleston area, elsewhere in South Carolina and in other states.

It is currently involved in Regent Park, a 72-unit family development in Columbia, which is slated for completion in the fall.

The foundation is developing Waterford Village, a 96-unit family community in Staunton, Va., that should be completed by July. Montague Terrace, also 96 units, is being built in Stuart’s Draft, Va., and is expected to be wrapped up this fall.

And Arbor Hill, a 56-unit community for the elderly in Pineville, La., should break ground in late summer.

“Affordable housing is a key component to the health of a growing community and we are confident that our affordable developments will be well received,” says Shane Doran, vice president of public relations.

For more information, contact Shane Doran at sdoran@humanitiesfoundation.org or at (843) 284-5101.