Atlanta has a long tradition of being open to testing new ideas in urban planning. The latest project – preserving affordable housing – continues the city’s record.
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APS commits to reducing inequality with affordable housing policy
By Guest Columnist COURTNEY ENGLISH, chairman of the Atlanta Board of Education
Atlanta works best when it works for everyone. For far too long, my beloved Atlanta, has been a tale of two cities.
Recent studies have placed Atlanta near the top of list in job creation while at the same time, one of the country’s leaders in income inequality and child poverty. The negative effects of this kind of disparity is felt first and hardest in our school system. 76 percent of our kids are on free or reduced lunch.
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Lithonia promotes rock solid revitalization
By Guest Columnist MELODY HARCLERODE, who promotes significant historical, cultural, and natural sites as an architect, non-profit consultant, and writer
The city of Atlanta receives much press as the financial, cultural, and transportation hub of the metropolitan area, yet small cities in this region also offer amazing stories for the public to appreciate. Consider the city of Lithonia, a town with approximately 2,000 residents covering a radius of one square mile of land north of I-20 and outside I-285.
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Atlanta may seek waiver of state ban on rent control to curb soaring prices
Atlanta may be preparing to open a third front in its price war against skyrocketing costs for rental homes in the city. The target would be Georgia’s law that bans rent control.
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$4 million grant from JPMorgan Chase to provide jobs, affordable homes in metro ATL
JPMorgan Chase has awarded a $4 million grant to a new tax-exempt partnership in Atlanta that is to help create more than 1,000 jobs and provide more than 700 affordable homes in metro Atlanta, the financial institution announced Tuesday.
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White House spotlight on Atlanta appears amid talks on affordability, density
Atlanta’s rising housing costs are now clearly on the national stage, given their prominence in a recent White House report. The report’s toolkit of policies already is being cited in talks in Atlanta about how to promote the supply of affordable housing.
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Atlanta’s Future: Now is the time to provide homes affordable to all
By Guest Columnist CEASAR MITCHELL, president of the Atlanta City Council and candidate for Atlanta mayor
My devotion to Atlanta expresses itself with my devotion to serving the area and its families for over 15 years. One of my dreams that I have worked toward, first as a city council member and now as city council president, is to make sure that Atlanta is home to everyone. A home in our city that can be loved, a home that is safe, and a home that is affordable.
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Pogo on ATL affordable housing: ‘We have met the enemy and he is us’
Derrick Barker stumped the experts at Atlanta City Hall when he asked Wednesday what Atlanta can do to help him, as a residential developer, build homes that aren’t so expensive that most city residents can’t afford to live in them.
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Talk of Atlanta’s affordable housing polices emerges in an unlikely setting at Tech
The latest sign that the high cost of housing in Atlanta is again a front-burner issue in Atlanta appeared in the unlikely setting of a panel discussion at Georgia Tech on the direction of land use in Atlanta.
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Millennials continue to grapple with housing costs, new report finds
As Atlanta civic leaders ponder the rising cost of housing in the city, a new report shows that millennials across the nation are struggling to keep a roof over their heads.
The report is especially timely in Atlanta.
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Atlanta BeltLine housing developers may be required to build affordable homes
Atlanta’s city code states outright that the Atlanta BeltLine will, “increase the affordable housing inventory.” Three city councilmembers have proposed legislation that intends to put teeth into this provision in city code, which the BeltLine has not been on track to fulfill since the council adopted the provision in 2007.
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Affordable Housing: Tight access to home loans will factor in upcoming policy debate
Renewed efforts by Atlanta’s civic leaders to increase the supply of affordable housing, especially in areas around the Atlanta BeltLine and the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, could run into a brick wall established by housing lenders, according to research detailed in a new report by the Federal Reserve.
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Fallout over lack of affordable housing along BeltLine includes Gravel’s testy tweet to Tech prof
Knowledge of the lack of affordable housing along the Atlanta BeltLine, which was cited in the resignation Monday of two board members from the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Inc., is not a new phenomenon. However, it has received renewed national attention of late.
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Protecting affordable housing: Two strategies emerge near Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Two strategies seem to be emerging around the issue of affordable housing near the Falcons stadium – 1) Give up the neighborhoods and work to keep the name and statue of a Confederate officer out of a planned park; or, 2) Quickly impose public policies to protect current and future residents who have lower incomes.
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Improving neighborhoods near Falcons stadium remains a long, arduous process
One take-away from a lengthy discussion about lofty plans to improve neighborhoods near the Falcons stadium is that progress is difficult and surprises lurk around every corner.
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Shirley Franklin says Atlanta could fund affordable housing if political will existed
Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin received an award Wednesday named for Maynard Jackson, another former mayor, and used her acceptance speech to outline a way for Atlanta to increase the number of affordable homes in the city.
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Want to rent a home near Falcons stadium? Prices up 27 percent on annualized basis, report shows
A new study confirms the fears residents of the Washington Park neighborhood voiced a decade ago, when they told city planners that the Atlanta BeltLine would drive up housing prices and drive them from their homes.
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Revised BeltLine budget speaks to rising attention to social contracts beyond parks, trails
The proposed revised budget for the Atlanta BeltLine shows more than $26 million in spending to plan and build parks and trails in the current fiscal year, including a trail that Jennifer Schultz runs a few times a week.
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Atlanta BeltLine not meeting vision for affordable housing, improvements underway
The Atlanta BeltLine has not caused the construction of nearly as many units of affordable housing as planned, but BeltLine leaders are taking steps to get back on track, according to the BeltLine’s housing policy director.
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ATL mayoral campaign: Mitchell says he supports inclusionary zoning
Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, said Wednesday he supports inclusionary zoning, a regulation to require future residential developments to be mixed-income communities.
