News article cites report from The Shi Institute

During a recent Greenville Planning Commission meeting, residents from the historically Black Nicholtown neighborhood pushed back on a plan to build a 39-unit townhome development on 2.5 acres of land at E. Faris Road and McAlister Road. Residents say the $350,000 starting price of the townhomes would place increased burden on the neighborhood in need of more affordable housing options. Developers say they are attempting to address the “missing middle” in available housing.

For the story that appeared in The Greenville News, Royale Bonds cited a study from Furman University’s Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities that revealed a precipitous drop in Black residents between 1990 and 2020 – 42%, and a large median income gap for the census tract that includes Nicholtown – $27,937 for Black households versus $71,964 for white households.