The city’s planning commission bumped up a policy to set aside 10 percent of new apartment units to include the whole city.
Tag: Housing
Posted inSonam Vashi
Gulch deal falls short on affordable housing, critics say
For some councilmembers and advocates, the Gulch deal’s affordable housing perks aren’t enough to justify a potential $1.75 billion in public incentives.
Posted inMaggie Lee
Thomasville Heights residents stuck in deplorable apartments demand better
Forest Cove’s residents are at an impasse with a system that’s failed them.
Posted inSonam Vashi
Task force lays out affordability proposal at housing forum
HouseATL presents its affordable housing proposal to the public—including creating or preserving 20,000 units over the next decade.
Posted inColumns
A potential plan for the mayor’s $1 billion affordable housing promise
HouseATL task force releases its working recommendations—including 24,000 new or preserved affordable homes—for the mayor’s consideration.
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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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The affordable housing that’s hidden in plain sight
Atlanta’s creating more luxury apartments than low-cost ones, which is part of why many people worry that the age of an affordable Atlanta is coming to an end. But what might be a big part of an affordable housing fix is hidden in plain sight.
Posted inHigher Education, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
The Rise in Single Family Rental Homes in the Sunbelt Metropolis has Implications for Fair Housing
By Dan Immergluck In the wake of the U.S. foreclosure crisis, there has been a large increase – on the order of 50 percent – in single-family rental homes, or SFRs, across the country. As millions of families lost their homes to foreclosure, many of those homes were eventually purchased by investors – small and […]
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Know your “affordable housing”
Atlanta’s in an affordable housing “crisis,” it’s got a “shortage.” But two people talking about “affordable housing” might not mean the same thing.
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Atlanta may make it easier to expand existing homeless shelters
A proposal now making the rounds of Atlanta’s neighborhood planning units says Atlanta has a growing number of people in homeless families and the city should make it easier to expand existing facilities – provided operators get a special use permit from the city.
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AHA board misses deadline to call special meeting to refinance East Lake project; sends letter instead
The Atlanta Housing Authority did not call a special board meeting by Wednesday evening to vote on a plan to refinance the debt on the Villages of East Lake – a date needed for the project to receive $5 million in federal funds.
The Cousins Foundation sent a pointed letter to AHA’s board and executives following their Feb. 28th board meeting, when they did not put the East Lake financing on the agenda.
Posted inThought Leader, Transit
MARTA RAIL STATION TO HOUSE ‘SHIPPING CONTAINER VILLAGE’
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is providing space for a new development of small businesses and startups at its westernmost rail station, Hamilton E. Holmes. Over a dozen repurposed shipping containers will provide around 6,500 square feet of retail and office space. MARTA is partnering with the City of Atlanta and Invest Atlanta […]
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Real estate disruptor expands in Atlanta, Gov. Deal cuts ribbon on new office space in Midtown
You know a disruptor is in town when Gov. Nathan Deal and the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s top leader cut the ribbon on an office leasing location that charges tenants as little as $250 a month. And so it was Monday morning, as WeWork opened the second Midtown location of a company backed by a recent $4.4 billion investment from a Tokyo-based tech and telecom firm.
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Mayoral candidates promise to find affordable housing cash
In a packed forum, top mayoral candidates said their ideas for raising money for affordable housing polices range from parking taxes to bonds, to maybe even casinos.
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BeltLine playing catch up on affordability
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. President and CEO Paul Morris on Wednesday gave his organization a “qualified” C and D grade on affordable housing so far.
Posted inLyle Harris
MLK’s “Beloved Community” and the G-Word
An almost surefire way to start an argument in Atlanta is to utter the “G-word” – as in “gentrification.” In the midst of a torrid development boom, the inflow of affluent newcomers to Atlanta – and the involuntary uprooting of low-income residents that inevitably follows – reveals the racial and economic fault lines running through city’s social bedrock.
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Atlanta’s experts in affordable community redevelopment pushed to sidelines
When the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development came to Atlanta on Nov. 4, 2015 to celebrate its 50th anniversary, it turned to Renee Glover, Egbert Perry and Shirley Franklin to highlight its successes in Atlanta.
Former U.S. HUD Secretary Julian Castro was so impressed by what he saw in Atlanta during the 50th anniversary visit, that he complimented Glover, Perry and Franklin for all their “trail-blazing work” in transforming communities.
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National housing crisis calls for presidential candidates to outline housing plans
By Guest Columnist J. RONALD TERWILLIGER, chairman emeritus of Trammell Crow Residential Co. and founding chairman of J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families
America is in the midst of a housing crisis that deeply affects millions of families and jeopardizes our nation’s future prosperity.
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Millennials without property insurance: What to do if bicycle, laptop stolen?
A new wrinkle has emerged regarding millennials who are putting off the purchase of a home. It’s another sign of stress in the housing sector.
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At minimum wage, rent for one bedroom apartment requires an 87-hour work week
Yet another report on the high cost of housing in metro Atlanta, this one released Wednesday, shows that a person earning minimum wage would have to work 87 hours a week to afford the rent on a one bedroom apartment.
