Some longtime Atlanta homeowners who fear spiking property taxes could price them out of their communities just got a bit closer to finding solace and housing security.
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Election Day is coming up. How do I make sure my absentee ballot is counted?
Those still with absentee ballots can fill them out and place them in the designated drop boxes in their county by 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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Democracy matters: Thank you, Atlanta Hawks. APS: rename Grady – Midtown High
Democracy matters. Fulton County residents can enjoy a unique voting experience by going to State Farm to early vote until Oct. 30. Meanwhile, Atlanta Board of Education will vote on a new name for Grady High School on Nov. 2.
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Atlanta Beltline Partnership, attorneys give crash-course on eviction prevention
Local leaders aren’t oblivious to the gentrifying impacts the Atlanta Beltline has had on the neighborhoods through which it weaves, but the economic side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated a housing crisis that’s for years displaced people from their homes.
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Online tutoring company offers free digital classes on democracy for students
With students and parents at home during the election season due to COVID-19, Varsity Tutors is offering free nonpartisan digital classes to help students (and possibly parents) learn about the structure of our government and the importance of elections.
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More than 1.5 million Georgians voted in the first week of early voting
More than 1.5 million voters cast ballots during the first week of early voting, which Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called record-breaking turnout.
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Cash from Gulch deal’s affordable housing trust fund allocated toward ‘offsetting rising property taxes’
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Monday announced the first chunk of an affordable housing trust fund spawned from the controversial Gulch redevelopment deal would go toward combating displacement among the city’s longtime residents.
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New Atlanta City Council legislation could combat “equity theft”
A new Atlanta City Council proposal aims to stop predatory investors from swindling longtime Atlantans out of their homes.
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New Westside development adds affordable housing amid supportive services
A new residential development planted just blocks from the Atlanta Beltline’s Westside Trail recently began welcoming its first residents, and more are on the way from nonprofit City of Refuge’s philanthropic programs.
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13 Fulton County election warehouse employees test positive for COVID-19
Nearly a week into early voting, Fulton County officials announced 13 of the 60 employees in their election warehouse have COVID-19.
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BREAKING: Atlanta mayor’s housing chief appointed to job at public housing authority
Atlanta’s chief housing officer is soon to claim the vacant chief operations officer seat at the city’s public housing authority, according to sources familiar with the shift.
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Technical issues, long waits mar Fulton County’s first day of early voting
Speaking to reporters during a media briefing Tuesday, Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairman Robb Pitts acknowledged the county had “a couple of minor glitches” earlier in the day that contributed to some of the long lines. In some cases, a handful of poll workers didn’t show and printers and scanners were not working. The specific number of no-show poll workers and inoperable printers and scanners was not provided.
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Early voting begins as Fulton County works to safeguard polling places from COVID-19
With three weeks until the presidential election, early voting is underway in Georgia. This process is expected to play a crucial role in the election, as many officials have urged residents to cast their ballots sooner to cut down on wait times and confusion at the polls.
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OPINION: With sacrifices, Atlanta can offset its staggering affordable housing shortage
These remedies, though, aren’t matters to hold your breath on; public and private leaders need to take action today.
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Atlanta businesses and nonpartisan groups partner to help elections run smoothly
The headlines on Georgia’s primaries were just as bad as the long lines, with some characterizing it a “meltdown.” Another called it a “debacle.” No matter the characterization, the uproar has led two nonpartisan grassroots organizations, GaVotingWorks and Georgia Support The Vote, to help businesses get directly involved in Georgia’s democratic process.
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Georgia still needs 3,000 tech workers for elections
With less than a month before Election Day, Georgia is still in need of technical workers to assist with any hiccups that may lead to problems at the polls.
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In new book, AH CEO calls to ‘revamp nation’s housing policy’
Armed with 35 years of experience leading public housing agencies in the United States and Canada, Atlanta Housing CEO Eugene Jones knows politicians — from the local level to the upper echelons of government — don’t focus nearly as much on ensuring their constituents are sheltered as they should.
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Atlanta’s new “renter’s choice” rule could boost housing accessibility
A new City of Atlanta rule could help people hurdle costly barriers separating them from stable housing.
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Nikema Williams, it’s not too late to agree to Atlanta Press Club debate
It’s just not right. State Sen. Nikema Williams, who is the Democrat running to succeed the late U.S. Congressman John Lewis on the Nov. 3 ballot, has declined the Atlanta Press Club’s invitation to the Loudermilk-Young Debate Series against her Republican opponent.
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U.S. communities seeking healing from racism try truth and reconciliation commissions
Could Atlanta do this?
