Property disputes, predatory developers and surging sea levels are putting the historic Black community at risk Property disputes, predatory developers and surging sea levels are putting the historic Black community at risk O n Arthur Champen’s half-acre property in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina , a thicket of southern live oaks, palmettos and pine trees muffle the roar of cars on nearby highway 278. His haint blue house, lightened by the sun, sits on stilts to protect it from flooding