The seeds of a future generation of older folks who struggle to afford a home are being sowed even as a new study from Harvard University highlights the current generation of cost-burdened older households, according to the head of Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership.
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Georgia lawmakers hearing about affordable housing shortfall statewide
In some parts of the state, even a “pretty good job” won’t get you on the property ladder or in a convenient apartment. It seems like a chance for Democrats and Republicans, rural and urban, to get together on some policy.
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Invest Atlanta okays creation, rehab for 709 affordable housing units
The City of Atlanta’s economic development agency approved bond resolutions that would help fund the construction and restoration of more than 700 affordable apartments.
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Habitat for Humanity promises affordable for-sale homes on Atlanta’s Southside
A $25 million project by Atlanta Habitat for Humanity aims to bolster the city’s stock of for-sale affordable homes.
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No quick fix for affordable housing shortage, as evidenced by project in Oakland City
Atlanta isn’t likely to swiftly build its way out of the shortage of affordable housing. Case in point: The clock’s been ticking more than a year on one project near the Atlanta BeltLine that’s to be built by a non-profit developer on land that was donated. The first shovel could hit the ground late this year or in early 2020.
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How Atlanta-based start-up PadSplit ‘threads the legal needle’ to provide affordable housing
Many housing experts have said one of the best ways to wrangle Atlanta’s affordability crisis is to diversify the housing stock, and one local start-up is on a mission to corner some of that untapped market.
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English Avenue’s long-stalled Herndon Square project to (finally) break ground in January
At long last, a much-awaited housing project is on track to launch construction in English Avenue in the near future.
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Almost 1,000 units are in the Beltline’s affordable housing pipeline. Here’s where.
The Atlanta Beltline has miles to go, in terms of fulfilling its goal of producing and preserving 5,600 units of affordable housing along the popular multi-use trail.
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‘Suffocated’ by traffic: Buckhead residents seek solutions from ATL, ARC, GDOT, etc.
Just one number speaks to the reason traffic is again a major topic in Buckhead: The number of vehicles that every day drives along just one street lined with homes compares to almost the entire population of Decatur.
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Not-so-affordable housing project in Buckhead gets $3.4M in tax incentives. But why?
A luxury apartment project planned in Buckhead recently earned nearly $3.5 million in tax incentives, which has some local leaders scratching their heads.
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Murphy Crossing neighbors demand transparency during sale of Beltline-adjacent property
What could become of Murphy Crossing, the 20-acre Southwest Atlanta property neighboring the Beltline’s Westside Trail, is anyone’s guess. But neighbors of the potential redevelopment site—residents of Oakland City, Adair Park, and Capitol View—want to ensure whatever happens there gels with the surrounding culture and doesn’t spur mass displacement.
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Atlanta, Fulton County leaders want YOU to help imagine ‘fair housing’ plans
The City of Atlanta and Fulton County are calling on residents to help them update their strategy for fostering “fair housing” practices.
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Chicago’s Eugene Jones tapped as next CEO of Atlanta’s housing authority
The Atlanta Housing board of commissioners elected Tuesday afternoon to tap Chicago’s Eugene Jones as its next chief executive officer.
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Buckhead plan aims to reduce solo commutes by providing affordable homes in Buckhead
The related challenges of affordable housing and traffic congestion are paired in a new report in Buckhead. Civic leaders have devised a proposal to increase the number of affordable homes in order to enable staffers to reside closer to work and not need a car to commute.
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The ins and outs of the $50 million Home First supportive housing initiative
Atlanta’s $50 million Home First program—now fully funded, thanks to a $114,000 gift from Ameris Bank—endeavors to create 550 much-needed units of permanent supportive housing for the city’s chronically homeless and other marginalized people.
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Blocks from Beltline’s Westside Trail, affordable housing complex soon to debut
By Sean Keenan Just a stone’s throw from the northern reaches of the Beltline’s Westside Trail, a 47-unit affordable housing complex is a just few months from completion. This modest investment won’t fix all the affordability issues in a city oft-considered the U.S. capital of income inequality, but it at least moves the needle in […]
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Black homebuyers down 50 percent in Atlanta; summit aims to reverse trend
Almost lost in the discussion of affordable housing is the precipitous decline of black homebuyers and black homeownership. At a summit Wednesday at the Carter Center, housing specialists are to examine the roots of the problem and potential policy solutions.
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Government-imposed design requirements cost Georgia home buyers
By Guest Columnist AUSTIN HACKNEY, government affairs director, Home Builders Association of Georgia
For generations, home ownership has provided individuals and families with a path towards economic prosperity, and a strong residential construction industry is known as an indicator of a healthy economy. However, recent restrictions and mandates enacted by some local jurisdictions are infringing on private property rights and adversely affecting home buyers, escalating the cost of new home purchases beyond the reach of some buyers, especially those interested in entry-level and workforce housing.
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Could ‘100 Great Ideas’ help Atlanta shed its affordable housing crisis?
Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet to vanquish Atlanta’s daunting affordable housing crisis. Housing affordability — in Atlanta and many other major cities — is a complicated issue, and there are countless methods that municipal governments have tried to curb the problem.
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Affordable housing may get fast-tracked in Atlanta’s building permit office
Atlanta’s focus on affordable housing has turned to the issuance of building permits, specifically, speeding up the permitting process for affordable homes. The issue was approved Tuesday, in the same meeting at which the interim head of the city’s housing authority said it has budgeted $106 million in development projects.
