Place matters. So says Raj Chetty, the economic mobility guru of Harvard University. Chetty’s Opportunity Insights just released a comprehensive study on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HOPE VI program — a model that was first designed and developed in Atlanta by Egbert Perry, the chairman and founder of the Integral Group, […]
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Atlanta Housing’s Terri Lee making moves to transform agency
Big changes are underway at Atlanta Housing as the agency seeks to expedite the development of new affordable units.
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Atlanta Housing CEO search critical in city’s goal for affordable housing
The search for a new leader of Atlanta Housing has taken on greater significance given the city’s ambitious goal to add 20,000 affordable housing units by 2030 – with Atlanta Housing expected to deliver 10,000 of those units.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Milestones, markers and still fighting COVID-19
Happy birthday to Jimmy Carter … and more.
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BREAKING: Atlanta Housing board to vote on $1.8M settlement with developer Integral Group, partners
Next week, the Atlanta Housing (AH) board of commissioners is expected to vote on a settlement agreement that could end a years-long legal feud between the public housing agency and developer Egbert Perry.
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Settlement reached between Atlanta Housing and Egbert Perry
The era of lawsuits and countersuits at Atlanta Housing and the city of Atlanta appears to be nearing an end.
Eugene Jones, president and CEO of Atlanta Housing, said through a spokeswoman that the authority has reached a settlement agreement with developer Egbert Perry, CEO of the Integral Group.
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BREAKING: Atlanta Housing settles long-running legal dispute with former CEO Renee Glover
By Sean Keenan and Maria Saporta.
A long-standing legal battle between Atlanta’s housing authority and its former CEO Renee Glover is coming to an end.
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Former Atlanta Housing boss appeals to City Hall in long dispute
The longtime leader of Atlanta’s housing authority says she hopes City Hall will try and lean on her old employer in a long legal fight about money and reputation.
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Updated: Atlanta Housing takes action on lawsuits from ex-CEO and developer — and not the actions those plaintiffs wanted
A Wednesday morning meeting of the board of Atlanta’s housing authority signals that two aging legal wrangles are set to continue.
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Ex-Atlanta Housing Authority CEO sends letter to Mayor Bottoms, looks to cleanse reputation
The former CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority – Renee Glover – has written a letter to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and members of the Atlanta City Council – seeking to open lines of communication with the new administration.
Glover’s letter also was an attempt to make the new mayor “aware of my record at AHA and know that the claims made against me by former Mayor Kasim Reed are false and defamatory.”
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Atlanta drops lawsuit against Integral, Egbert Perry and Renee Glover
The city of Atlanta is stepping back from a 2017 lawsuit against its former housing authority CEO, the Integral Group and its boss, a longtime and prominent city contractor who’s built mixed-income developments for the authority.
“The city has dismissed, without prejudice, its lawsuit against Integral Development and related corporate entities and individuals,” a city spokesperson confirmed in a text Thursday evening.
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AHA after Renee Glover: No new initiatives for residents; but provide land for Falcons parking lot
The Atlanta Housing Authority proposes no new initiatives in the first forward-looking report it has prepared for HUD since former CEO Renee Glover left last year following a public two-year dispute with Mayor Kasim Reed.
The report does say AHA intends to provide the Falcons with land near the new stadium for a surface parking lot. This site is part of the now-demolished housing project, Herndon Homes.
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Atlanta Housing Authority meeting canceled; Renee Glover to stay on
By Maria Saporta
Never mind.
The board of the Atlanta Housing Authority, which was to have met Wednesday to vote on a separation agreement with CEO Renee Glover, has cancelled that meeting due to the lack of a quorum.
An earlier story on SaportaReport said that the board was going to be acting on that separation agreement at the meeting.
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Atlanta Housing Authority board may vote Wednesday on a separation agreement with CEO Renee Glover
By Maria Saporta
The board of the Atlanta Housing Authority is scheduled to meet Wednesday Jan. 30 afternoon— one that could be Renee Glover’s last as the organization’s president and CEO.
It is thought that Glover and the AHA board will say that they’re parting ways, and the board is expected to vote on her separation agreement.
