While a tidal wave of evictions looms large over metro Atlantans in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who recently announced she’s contracted the virus herself, is shooting to curb the ...
Soon after Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced felony murder charges would be brought against former Atlanta Police officer Garrett Rolfe, the man who shot and killed 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks outside an intown Wendy’s ...
Edgewood Avenue, historic Sweet Auburn’s nightlife epicenter has long played host to lively street parties that promise blaring music, fast cars and, sometimes, violence.
A passionate advocate for affordable housing and a staple of the city's Westside communities, Atlanta Housing commissioner James Allen passed away Tuesday night at 89 years old, AH officials said during Wednesday’s board meeting.
Virtually camouflaged by the shadows of trees hanging overhead, concrete barriers on United Avenue, near the Beltline's interim Southside Trail, seemed to appear out of nowhere, a witness told SaportaReport after he watched a local ...
On June 1, I penned an essay outlining my perspective on the first night of recent Black Lives Matter protests in Atlanta. Titled Atlanta missed the mark during the protests, but police and demonstrators can ...
Nearly $90 million is bound for the City of Atlanta's coffers to help officials combat the public health and economic side effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The heavyweights of metro Atlanta’s housing field say now is the time to brace for a torrent of evictions in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) recently launched a tracker that takes stock of the movements of COVID-19, the disease spread by the novel coronavirus, each week.
Stacked with more than 24,000 people, the waitlist for voucher assistance from Atlanta's housing authority is still plenty daunting, but Atlanta Housing (AH) officials — during a viral pandemic, no less — are still chipping ...
Where we go from here remains uncertain, but there’s something comforting and promising about the prospect of an APD officer ditching their riot shield and gas mask and tear gas grenades to wield instead a ...
Atlanta Housing officials took steps on Wednesday that are expected to pave the way for a historic Westside building to be reimagined as an affordable housing complex for people experiencing homelessness, military veterans, and young ...
On Wednesday, the Magistrate Court of Fulton County once again suspended, among other matters, residential eviction proceedings, a blessing for people whose living situations have been put in jeopardy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Atlanta's economic development agency, Invest Atlanta, could be directing more funding for affordable housing along the Beltline during the next fiscal year.
Atlanta City Council leaders and other city staff are hashing out a plan to update the so-called "impact fee program," which utilizes funds collected from developers and directs them toward public services, such as infrastructure ...
Fulton County officials have put a pin in eviction proceedings, keeping residents whose finances have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic safe at home. For now, that is.
Historically, affordable housing units in Atlanta have been concentrated in communities lacking in amenities like public transportation access, grocery stores and solid schools. The COVID-19 crisis has shone a glaring spotlight on the need to change ...
On Monday, the Atlanta City Council unanimously approved legislation that kickstarts a 60-day plan to curb the amount of homeless people sleeping at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and help them navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
The economic damage dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to continue to put a strain on government programs that were mapped out long before the world began slipping into a recession.
Like most companies and public agencies these days, Atlanta's housing authority has been compelled to restructure its operations to cater to the global pandemic.
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