Sonam Vashi
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a plan today to steer city policy around affordable housing. Here are the key takeaways.
About Sonam Vashi
Sonam is a freelance reporter in Atlanta who is contributing coverage of affordable housing for Saporta Report. Her reporting, which usually focuses on criminal justice, equity, and the South, has also appeared with CNN, the Washington Post, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Case Project, among others. Previously, she was a data reporter and a researcher at CNN. She is the vice president of the Atlanta chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association, and she grew up in Gwinnett County. sonamvashi.com
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