Valerie Ferebee rummaged through the front seat of her car searching for a pack of cigarettes as she sat outside Tanger Outlets. Everything she and her husband Milton own is in their Ford EcoSport, so it took her a few minutes to find them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The four-door crossover has been their home for more than a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once she found the Newport Menthol Greens in a side pocket, she pulled one out to light. She took a drag and considered their living situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDisgusting. Degrading. Shameful. Humiliating,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean, I don\u2019t know what word to use … I feel sort of stuck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Valerie and Milton are just two of thousands who have been evicted in the Charleston area.<\/a> North Charleston once had the highest eviction rate in the country in 2016 with more than 3,600 tenants being evicted, according to data from Princeton University\u2019s Eviction Lab.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRead it all<\/a>. In South Carolina, evictions are the \u2018scarlet E\u2019 that never go away https:\/\/t.co\/9OutCBsLNF<\/a><\/p>— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) November 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>