Department of Community Affairs Archives

State agency turns over $80 million in unspent rental assistance funds to metro Atlanta counties with thousands of applicants

by Sean Keenan February 17, 2022 10:50 amFebruary 17, 2023 4:01 pm

By Sean Keenan for Atlanta Civic Circle The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has released $80.6 million in federal rental assistance funds to five metro Atlanta counties — Fulton, DeKalb, Henry, Clayton, and Hall — that have already spent their own federal funds to help tenants facing eviction, with thousands more seeking aid. Fulton […]

State-run mortgage assistance program shutting down in March

by Sean Keenan January 9, 2020 5:14 pmFebruary 17, 2023 3:47 pm

A state-run mortgage assistance program that’s helped more than 50,000 homeowners over the past decade is expected to shut down soon.

Federal tax credits to provide 650 affordable homes in metro Atlanta by 2020

by David Pendered November 30, 2018 11:26 amFebruary 17, 2023 3:39 pm

Georgia has earmarked federal tax credits to provide 650 affordable rental homes in metro Atlanta and they are scheduled to ready for occupancy in late 2020, according to a statement from the Department of Community Affairs on the award of a total of $25 million statewide in federal Housing Tax Credits.