Seeking new revenue streams to fund affordable housing creation and scholarship programs, Atlanta Housing (AH) officials are planning to erect a billboard atop the agency’s downtown headquarters.
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Westside’s historic Roosevelt Hall bound for adaptive reuse revival
An aging, vacant building in the Atlanta University Center is headed for a nearly $10 million restoration that’s slated to provide amenities for a mixed-income community being developed nearby.
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Seven candidates vie to fill John Lewis’ congressional seat in special election
The elected candidate will fill the late Congressman John Lewis’ seat for the remainder of his term, which ends Jan. 3.
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After dodging foreclosure, Westside’s London Townhomes bound for $40 million revamp
After helping bail out a decades-old co-op community on the Westside from the threat of foreclosure, a public-private development partnership aims to restore the 200 residences to the tune of $40 million — and the vast majority of them will remain affordable.
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Georgia’s 2020 ballot questions, explained
D and R both mainly voted “yes” to the amendments on this year’s Georgia ballot.
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Councilman: $100 million affordable housing bond program needs to spur wealth creation
Snagged by the side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta’s much-anticipated housing opportunity bond program could be nearing passage. But some proponents of the initiative say the proposal first needs to be tweaked to foster wealth creation.
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Georgia’s elections hinge on increased poll workers, voting machines and ballot scanners
Sec. of State Raffensperger details Georgia’s plans, improvements to state’s election system By Raisa Habersham With the Nov. 3 election roughly a month away, Georgia is urging residents to vote early or by absentee ballot to decrease the number of voters waiting to cast ballots at the polls. But as Election Day nears, there is […]
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Fulton’s development authority green-lights public assistance for downtown student housing
Fulton County’s development board on Tuesday OK’d a property tax break worth $4.4 million to a developer pitching an $87 million downtown tower that would afford some Georgia State University (GSU) and Atlanta University Center (AUC) students below-market-rate rents.
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Fulton County to spend $6.3M to ensure efficient election
After a challenging primary and lessons learned, Fulton County is taking measures to make sure mistakes aren’t repeated.
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Targeted affronts to Atlanta’s lower-income residents spotlighted
Flaunting a more redeeming nickname — “The City Too Busy to Hate” — one might expect more from Atlanta in terms of class parity, as recent news reports have underscored a trend of seemingly targeted discrimination among folks living in the city’s margins.
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The redemptive potential of Old Fourth Ward’s languishing Atlanta Civic Center
Gone are the days of Broadway musicals, concerts, lectures and commencement ceremonies at the historic auditorium. But public officials in Atlanta say the mammoth isn’t down for the count, but rather hibernating, awaiting its potential resurrection as a place to live, work and play.
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Georgia Democrat, Republican fight federal court paywall
Easy access to court records shouldn’t be limited to the tassel-shoe-clad, says congressman.
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More than 1 million absentee ballots requested from Georgia’s online voter portal
Voters can track their status online to confirm their ballot was received.
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New ARC tool tracks eviction filings across metro Atlanta
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) earlier this month debuted a new data analytics tool that could help local leaders track and respond to the eviction crisis spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Could Microsoft development spell trouble for Westside affordability?
The much-anticipated Quarry Yards mixed-use development slated for Atlanta’s Westside appears to be kaput, complicating already intense concerns about the future of affordable living in the area.
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Atlanta Housing board poised to welcome two new commissioners
The Atlanta Housing board of commissioners is poised to welcome two new members, as the terms of Patrina Howard and Robert Rumley III come to a close.
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Opinion: In praise of … government online
C-SPAN doesn’t top the ratings either, but it does open government to more people.
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More affordable houses, apartments bound for Atlanta’s Westside
Hundreds of new homes priced as affordable are headed for Atlanta’s Westside by way of a couple new projects supported by Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development arm.
Posted inSean Keenan
OPINION: Eviction moratoriums simply delay the inevitable, an exacerbated housing crisis
Although eviction moratoriums strive to keep people in their homes while they weather the storm of the novel coronavirus, the hard truth is that such efforts merely delay the inevitable.
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Atlanta Housing sued for wrongful termination by lawyer who worked on controversial deal
Plaintiff takes credit for drafting a deal that a court has vindicated.
