Metro Atlanta leaders returned from a three-day trip to NYC full of ideas and observations of how our region can evolve into a vibrant metropolis.
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Atlanta Housing ramping up efforts to preserve, build new housing
After years of relative inactivity, Atlanta Housing (AH) has a sense of urgency to develop more affordable housing to meet its goal of 10,000 more units over the next six years.
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Legendary planner Tim Keane is moving back home to Charleston
Atlanta’s former planning commissioner – Tim Keane – has been named head of Charleston’s planning, permitting and engineering. He will start the position in the beginning of June.
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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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Integral and Atlanta Housing finally settle land deals
After eight years of protracted legal battles, the Integral Group and its partner companies have consummated their land deals with the Atlanta Housing Authority.
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Terri Lee unanimously approved as Atlanta Housing’s new CEO
As the board of Atlanta Housing Wednesday voted to approve Terri Lee, chief operating officer of the authority to be its next CEO, the standing-room-only crowd at the historic Roosevelt Hall cheered in jubilation.
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‘Atlanta City Design’ book goes on sale in handsome, hefty print form; author discussion coming
Update: The Sept. 16 discussion has been postponed due to weather, with a new date to be announced. Four years after the City’s digital release of a book laying out a long-term vision for Atlanta’s urban planning, a handsome hard-copy version is now available at a bookstore and a discussion with its authors is coming […]
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BREAKING: Atlanta mayor’s housing chief appointed to job at public housing authority
Atlanta’s chief housing officer is soon to claim the vacant chief operations officer seat at the city’s public housing authority, according to sources familiar with the shift.
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Fulton County court bumps in-person eviction proceedings until November
The Magistrate Court of Fulton County has granted more peace of mind for residents on the cusp of eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Experts: Emergency response needed to combat “tsunami” of upcoming evictions
The heavyweights of metro Atlanta’s housing field say now is the time to brace for a torrent of evictions in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Atlanta’s proposed affordable housing bond program swells to $200 million
The City of Atlanta’s plan to issue a $100 million bond to boost its stock of affordable housing just doubled in size.
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Construction starts for new housing — with some rent discounts and public subsidies — atop Downtown parking deck
Workforce rent for a two-bedroom apartment would come to $1,347 per month, versus $3,108 at market rate.
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Housing forum celebrates 30 years
The Atlanta Regional Housing Forum celebrated its 30th anniversary this morning with remarks from Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
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City of Refuge helps fulfill Atlanta’s quest of ‘viable housing with dignity’
For the City of Atlanta, there’s nothing more important than affordable housing.
That’s what Richard Cox, the city’s chief operating officer, said at the ground-breaking of “The 1300” – a 47-unit apartment building across from the City of Refuge that will open next summer.
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Atlanta appoints a new chief housing officer
Terri Lee, the city’s deputy planning commissioner, will lead new efforts to coordinate affordable housing solutions.
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Atlanta City Design 2017: A grand vision for people, nature and people in nature
In a City Hall conference room, Atlanta Planning Commissioner Tim Keane gently unrolled a mega-watercolor that Christian Sottile, an urban designer from Savannah, had painted of the new Atlanta City Design.
The watercolor captured the significance of the design process and its potential for Atlanta by using a graphic style that dates back to the early 1900s – depicting a desire fort this design tol become part of city’s landscape and identity for decades to come.
