S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1330

The council of a municipality for which a housing authority has not been created shall not adopt the resolution required as a prerequisite to the establishment of a consolidated housing authority unless it first declares that there is a need for a housing authority to function in the municipality and such declaration shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the declaration of the council of a city required by SECTION 31-3-320 for the purpose of creating a housing authority for the city.