When Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms last month called for the city to issue $100 million in bonds to propel affordable housing initiatives, local leaders and housing professionals began brainstorming how the money might best be spent.
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Atlanta leaders pass ordinance barring landlords from income discrimination
The Atlanta City Council on Monday passed an ordinance that bars intown landlords from turning away would-be tenants based on their income.
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City councilman: Landlords who get subsidies should accept vouchers from housing authority
The new chair of the Atlanta City Council’s Community Development and Human Services committee says landlords who take advantage of public subsidies, such as tax breaks, should be legally required to accept vouchers from the city’s housing authority.
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City Councilman Antonio Brown wants state help enacting rent control laws in Atlanta
Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown believes rent control laws would help combat the city’s housing affordability crisis.
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Mechanicsville to welcome “Urban Enterprise Zone,” rehabbed affordable housing units
The Atlanta City Council on Monday passed legislation which creates a new zoning designation that’s expected to encourage private development in neighborhoods that might otherwise go overlooked.
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Atlanta honors ‘warrior’ in battle against human trafficking, child exploitation
Atlanta has paid respects to a “warrior” in the battle against human trafficking, and the recognition of Deborah Richardson reminds of her view that the issue is not prostitution, but humans being bought and sold.
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Atlanta sells airport bonds, but Council has some questions on how it was done
Atlanta City Council OK’d the sale of about $700 million in bonds this week on behalf of the airport, and the market considers the airport just about as safe as U.S. Treasury bonds. But members of Atlanta City Council had some questions about when the bond information was put together and who did it.
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We really did this for a Margaritaville?
On Thursday, Aug. 8, the demolition of 152 Nassau Street has ceased thanks to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ellen LaGura who ordered developers to stop demolition until an Aug. 29 hearing.
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Atlanta’s economic development agency to face tighter control by Atlanta City Council
The Atlanta City Council is set to impose greater control over Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development arm that acts as Atlanta’s agent to promote housing, economic development and redevelopment – all of it under control of a board chaired by the mayor, whose top advisor argued against the council’s exercise of authority.
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Second round of voting starts for Westside city council seat; candidates meet in forum
Atlanta’s going to get a freshman city council member from the Westside’s district 3, in a special election runoff. Some of the votes will depend on what people think of candidates who have — and who haven’t — been in office.
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A Conversation with Atlanta City Councilman Andre Dickens
Andre Dickens is the Post-3 At-Large, Atlanta City Councilman, who has been in office since 2013. Andre Dickens has been one of the few councilmen to be outspoken on issues of gentrification and housing affordability.
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New legislation shows Atlanta’s City Council is no longer a ‘rubber stamp’
For decades, Atlanta has had a strong mayor form of government with little push back from the Atlanta City Council.
But the past year under the leadership of City Council President Felicia Moore and the election of seven new members of Council, a totally different legislative body has emerged.
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Atlanta may expand drug-free commercial zones after easing marijuana penalties
The Atlanta City Council is considering a proposal to expand the city’s drug-free commercial zones, areas where selling marijuana and controlled substances carry heightened penalties under state law. The existing zones appear to have expired in 2017.
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Atlanta City Council flexes its muscle – as power shifts at City Hall
By Maria Saporta It’s a different day at Atlanta’s City Hall. Although it is still early in her administration, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is emerging as a far different kind of executive than her predecessor – Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. The most notable change is attitude. Bottoms is not the bully that Reed was. […]
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CIM needs to include plans for a multimodal station in its Gulch development
As we enter a public-private partnership to redevelop the Gulch in downtown Atlanta, we can’t forget our city’s origins – a city created by the intersection of three railroad lines.
The very heart of who we are as a city is physically rooted in the Gulch – the place once known as Terminus.
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Atlanta City Council Members Host More MARTA Atlanta Community Forums
City of Atlanta Residents Urged to Learn About Proposed More MARTA Atlanta Projects, Provide Feedback Atlanta City Council members are hosting community forums to educate residents and city stakeholders about the More MARTA Atlanta program and receive feedback on the proposed project list. Public input has been central to the More MARTA Atlanta program since its […]
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Atlanta City Council approves Westside project with lower density and more affordable housing
The Atlanta City Council unanimously approved plans on Monday for the Echo Street Communities development in English Avenue, one of the first large-scale developments in the area that has triggered strong alarm among many residents concerned about gentrification on the Westside.
The affordable housing plans for the project, which also includes thousands of square feet in office space and retail, match the city’s guidelines, with 35 potential additional affordable units in the works.
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Atlanta to take a few weeks to consider rules on the shared vehicles that some cities call a nuisance
The shareable electric scooters that a California company dropped on Atlanta last month could be part of fixing the city’s mobility problem. But with Bird’s arrival, Atlanta’s also facing a fleet of vehicles that some other cities have claimed are a dangerous and sidewalk-blocking nuisance.
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Trail to the Chattahoochee leads through Atlanta City Council, public, and planners
“Just because we don’t have a river running through downtown like Chattanooga or Nashville or wherever else, that doesn’t mean we can’t take full advantage of” the Chattahoochee.
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Atlanta City Council panel balks at $20.5 million for three acres of Piedmont Park expansion
A tough cross-examination looks likely at Atlanta City Council for a plan to spend up to $20.5 million for about three acres of a proposed expansion of Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
