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.

In the foreground, a wooden shield is emblazoned with "Housing Justice League." In the background, activists protest outside an office building, holding megaphones and signs.

Housing Affordability

Ex-Forest Cove tenants, advocates protest HUD’s oversight failure of owner Millennia

by Sean Keenan April 4, 2023April 4, 2023

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.

Housing Affordability

One year later, what has Atlanta’s affordable housing strike force accomplished?

by Sean Keenan April 3, 2023April 3, 2023

Housing Affordability

Housing advocates call for nationwide protest of Forest Cove owner Millennia

by Sean Keenan March 26, 2023March 30, 2023

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.

Housing Affordability

With leases soon to expire, ex-Forest Cove tenants “anxious” about where they’ll live

by Sean Keenan March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

A worn, brick low-rise apartment building, with a metal staircase crawling up its fron, is surrounded by greenery.

Housing Affordability

Can philanthropy loosen big money’s grip on the Westside’s housing market?

by Sean Keenan March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

A photograph of the Georgia statehouse.

Housing Affordability

Tenant protection bill before Georgia Senate must do more to curb predatory landlords, advocates say

by Sean Keenan March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

A cardboard box shaped like a pizza box holds dozens of yellow ticket stubs. A hand is dropping two more in.

Housing Affordability

Reynoldstown residents vote against plan to house homeless in micro-unit apartment complex

by Sean Keenan March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

A small brown house with a gabled roof sits in the shade of old trees, surrounded by a green lawn.

Housing Affordability

Atlanta’s top homeless advocate says NIMBYism stunts housing efforts

by Sean Keenan March 10, 2023March 11, 2023

A small brown house with a gabled roof sits in the shade of old trees, surrounded by a green lawn.

Housing Affordability

For proposed Reynoldstown housing project, how dense is too dense?

by Sean Keenan March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

A photograph of the Georgia statehouse.

Housing Affordability

Legislation to repeal Georgia’s rent control ban stalls out

by Sean Keenan March 2, 2023March 2, 2023