Atlanta Civic Circle and Canopy Atlanta are teaming up to produce The Cost of Living, an investigative reporting and community storytelling project about housing in Atlanta.
It is no secret that affordable housing has long been a critical issue in Metro Atlanta, further exacerbated by rapidly escalating home and rental costs, stagnating wages, and inflation. This issue is at the crux of so many others—equity, gentrification, rapidly changing demographics, crime, education, and economic mobility.
Together, we will explore how everyday Atlantans are impacted by these challenges and what collective action is necessary to co-create an equitable future.
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East Point Amazon workers demand stable schedules, guaranteed hours after surprise shift cuts
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HUD to revoke federal funding for Millennia’s Forest Cove Apartments
Once the agency cuts the mega-landlord off, Former tenants will retain their rental assistance.
In debt-ceiling showdown, proposed cuts threaten federal housing funding for 21,000 Georgia families
Congressional Republicans’ plan to make draconian cuts to federal social spending in a bid to avoid defaulting on the national debt could eliminate federally funded rent vouchers for…
Camp Nowhere
Linda Hughey and her grandson Elijah have two rules to guide them as they navigate being unhoused: No sleeping on the street or in a shelter. That’s a…
In post-condemnation appeal, Millennia fights city to rehab, not raze, Forest Cove
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