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Commission backs 39-unit Bradley House affordable-housing proposal and forwards rezoning to council
Summary
Developers presented a 39-unit affordable housing plan (applications 26-60010 and 26-22007) that targets households at 30–80% of Aiken AMI; the commission recommended rezoning and concept B with conditions and voted unanimously to send both items to city council.
The Aiken City Planning Commission voted unanimously to forward rezoning application 26-60010 and concept plan 26-22007 for the project described in the packet as Bradley House to the Aiken City Council, recommending concept B and five listed conditions.
Chris Whitner (speaker S2), representing Bridal Development, told the commission the proposal is a 39-unit affordable housing project on roughly 10 acres. He described two layout options — a single three-story building or a three-building layout — and said the program targets households at 30%, 50%, 60% and 80% of Aiken’s area median income (AMI). "This property is based on the Aiken AMI, which as of, 2025 was 88,000," Whitner said, and he provided example rent estimates for the 50% income band.
Commissioners and residents asked about a small homeless encampment on the property; Whitner said he cannot act on removing encampments until he owns the land but would work with the seller and the city. He also described planned use of a Columbia-based management company if built. After questions and comments — including a preference expressed by a commissioner for the two-story (three-building) concept because it appears more residential — the commission moved the rezoning and concept plan to city council with recommended conditions; the motion passed unanimously.
