Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a plan today to steer city policy around affordable housing. Here are the key takeaways.
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Fulton County DA restarts effort to turn ‘drug houses’ into affordable housing
Nearly 90 homes that are sites of drug offenses will be transformed into housing for police officers.
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Norcross motels house some residents for years, report says
By Sonam Vashi In Norcross, blink and you’ll miss the extended-stay motels that dot the arteries of Buford Highway and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard. But a new survey from a City of Norcross initiative shows that those motels provide long-term homes for many of the city’s residents, outlining rising costs of housing and systemic barriers that […]
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How do researchers measure gentrification?
Few words cause as much passion and consternation in Atlanta as “gentrification,” but here are three ways it’s actually measured.
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Affordable co-living startup PadSplit raises $4.6 million
The Atlanta-based company wants to make it easier and safer for Atlantans to live in rooming houses.
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What are your ideas to improve housing affordability in Atlanta?
Enterprise Community Partners is this week inviting Atlantans to share their ideas on Facebook on how to fix this problem.
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AVLF receives grant to fight unhealthy housing
With the grant, AVLF will expand its work in the health realm: curbing instances of asthma in children, which can be caused by substandard living conditions.
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Atlanta’s home prices are soaring. Can a new model keep some affordable forever?
As Atlanta loses affordable homes every year, land trusts could help—if they can scale.
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City and regional public housing authorities get spotlight at forum
Atlanta Housing talks plan, schedule to rebuild previously demolished housing projects as mixed-income communities.
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Design fellow focuses on housing in south side neighborhoods
Through the Enterprise Rose Fellowship, one designer will focus on creating affordable housing design in Sylvan Hills and Browns Mill Park.With other fellows at three other locations nationwide, Deborah Pérez Centeno will work with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity to design affordable housing and engage the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Choice Atlanta grants help 14 organizations revitalize the west side
By Sonam Vashi More than a dozen organizations will receive microgrants to help revitalize west side neighborhoods through an Atlanta Housing program funded by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department. Fourteen groups working on programs that will help Ashview Heights, Vine City, and the neighborhood around the Atlanta University Center received $50,000 in […]
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OWN DeKalb launches new affordable homeownership program
A property management company creates a first-time homeownership program in DeKalb County.
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The Home Team documentary examines west side promises ahead of Super Bowl
A new Atlanta film focuses on English Avenue and Vine City residents impacted by Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Enterprise funds collaboration between healthcare and affordable housing
In Atlanta, Enterprise plans to give up to $10,000 each to nonprofits that have ideas for implementing “scalable housing-based health solutions.”
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Why aren’t Atlanta landlords renting to Section 8 tenants?
The second story in our Section 8 mini-series focuses on landlords’ common complaints and stereotypes, and one housing authority’s efforts to address its landlord shortage.
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Atlanta’s Section 8 tenants have trouble finding good housing
The first in our mini-series about landlords, source-of-income discrimination, and how Atlanta is responding to the issue.
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Report puts Atlanta’s affordability crisis into context
Atlanta’s affordability crisis may feel extreme to some, but how does it compare to other cities in the Southeast?
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Housing forum celebrates 30 years
The Atlanta Regional Housing Forum celebrated its 30th anniversary this morning with remarks from Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
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Co-LaB turns co-living into affordable housing
Co-LaB, a startup founded by Tamara Coleman, takes the co-living model popular with millennials working in tech and applies it toward providing affordable housing.
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Atlanta plans new subsidized units for the chronically homeless
The city plans to begin developing 550 new units specifically targeted at permanently housing those who are chronically homeless.
