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Category: Housing Affordability

One of the most pressing issues in the metro Atlanta region is access to and creation of affordable housing. ACC will take an in-depth look at the organizations, plans, and legislation in our city that govern this important topic.

Sean Keenan is our journalist who will cover this civic circle. If you have ideas, comments, or other information that would help Sean with this effort please reach out to sean@atlantaciviccircle.org.

A photo of the Shorter College Gardens Apartments, in Little Rock, Ark., with two low-rise, beige buildings separated by a parking lot.
Posted inHousing Affordability

Forest Cove owner: Deaths at other properties don’t indicate trend of negligence

by Sean Keenan October 13, 2022October 13, 2022
A grey, low-rise hotel complex is fronted by a sign reading "Efficiency Lodge."
Posted inHousing Affordability

With 25,000 extended-stay residents in metro Atlanta, ‘motel-to-home’ programs are “overwhelmed”

by Sean Keenan October 11, 2022October 12, 2022
A grey, low-rise hotel complex is fronted by a sign reading "Efficiency Lodge."
Posted inHousing Affordability

Precariously housed residents of metro Atlanta’s extended-stay hotels need more help

by Sean Keenan October 6, 2022October 6, 2022
A photograph shows two low-rise apartment buildings, with sidings falling apart and windows broken.
Posted inHousing Affordability

As Forest Cove resident relocation wraps, activists urge HUD to investigate owner

by Sean Keenan October 3, 2022October 3, 2022
A picture of the two-story, brick apartment complex, fronted by a lawn and bushes.
Posted inHousing Affordability

New landlord’s rent hike threatens formerly homeless renters with displacement

by Sean Keenan September 30, 2022September 30, 2022
A vertical shot of the main atrium of Atlanta City Hall, which shows four tiered floors with a wraparound balcony overlooking the decent-sized, marble-floored rotunda.
Posted inHousing Affordability

City says donation to food nonprofit won’t use affordable housing development money

by Sean Keenan September 29, 2022September 29, 2022
A two-story building has a massive hole in the side of it and broken windows. One of the windows is boarded up and looks like it was burned in a fire.
Posted inHousing Affordability

Relocation team has found apartments for remaining Forest Cove residents

by Sean Keenan September 23, 2022September 23, 2022
An architectural rendering of a mid-rise brick apartment building, fronted by trees and a busy street.
Posted inHousing Affordability

Invest Atlanta moves forward with $342 million in subsidies for developers to build, rehab nearly 1,900 affordable rentals

by Sean Keenan September 20, 2022September 20, 2022
Posted inHousing Affordability

Columbia Forest tenants in Decatur fight rent increases

by Kendall Glynn September 15, 2022September 15, 2022
Atlanta city hall appears with the sun setting
Posted inHousing Affordability

Dispute over housing fund snags city legislation to fight food insecurity

by Sean Keenan September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

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