It all started with a phone call from a constituent. “There was a lady who lived on Nassau Street,” said former S.C. Rep. Jimmy Bailey of Charleston, referring to a street in the city’s historically Black Eastside neighborhood. “And the city had a great program at the time — affordable, lo w-income, second mortgages for home renovations. And she got it.” The post Powerful preservation tool can help boost affordable housing, too appeared first on Charleston City Paper. ...read more read less