A new initiative aimed at helping people navigate what experts have called a “tsunami” of evictions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic will ask landlords in metro Atlanta to forgive tenants’ past-due rent in exchange for financial support.
Tag: John Berry
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ANYTHING BUT EASY
By John Berry, St. Vincent de Paul Georgia There was an old song that was popular when I was young that had a line something like ‘It’s summer time and the living is easy.’ It was one of those songs that you kind of remember, without having a clue as to the artist or the rest […]
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Column: Catholic charity launching its first capital campaign to buy Chamblee HQ
For the first time in its 115-year history, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia is launching a capital campaign.
The $6.5 million campaign will permit the Catholic charitable organization to buy the Chamblee building where it has been based for 20 years and to significantly expand its services statewide.
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ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AT ITS ROOT CAUSE
By John Berry, St. Vincent de Paul of Georgia At St. Vincent de Paul we have discovered a cure for homelessness…it’s a home. I’m not trying to be glib here but it is a simple fact: we can prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place. People like “Charles” who is living on veteran’s […]
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Nero Fiddled While Rome Burns: 2018 Edition
By John Berry, Chief Executive Officer, Society of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia I think most, if not all of us have heard the expression ‘Nero fiddled while Rome burned’. It is ‘urban legend’ from 64AD (or maybe ‘fake news’?) because in reality it didn’t happen. Yes there was a big fire in Rome, but Nero […]
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THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
By John Berry Last Wednesday at the 2nd Annual Poverty Forum I was honored to moderate a lunch panel on legislative and policy issues in Georgia. That panel featured Taifa Smith Butler of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute and Kelly McCutchen of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. As you are probably aware, these two […]
