Our top priority is to keep our community as informed about affordable housing issues as we possibly can.
And we are hearing more and more people ask us where they can go to learn more about affordable housing, so we figured we’d provide a few resources where you can go to learn more about affordable housing in our region.
The Atlanta Regional Housing Forum
WHAT: Quarterly Meeting
WHEN: December 12, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m
WHERE: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 435 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, GA 30308
TOPIC: A Strategic, Regional Approach to Addressing Metro Atlanta’s Housing Challenges
The Atlanta Regional Housing Forum is partnering with the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) to unveil a new regional housing strategy. Panelists include: Doug Hooker, ARC Exec. Director, Dave Stockert, Retired CEO of Post Properties, Marisa Ghani, Sr. Planner, ARC, and Dr. Tiffany Mauel, President and CEO TheCaseMade.
Read More: A Strategic, Regional Approach to Addressing Metro Atlanta’s Housing Challenges (PDF)
The Atlanta Regional Housing Forum meetings are informative and very well run. If you decide to attend the December 12 meeting, reach out via our Facebook page and we’ll be sure to look out for you!
Market Watch
WHEN: December 5 at 9:00 a.m.
WHERE: City Springs, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, Ga. 30328
TOPIC: SFR, ADU, Missing Middle, Micro Product, and Affordable/Workforce Housing
The announced speakers for this event are: Dr. Rajeev Dhawan, Georgia State University Economic Forecasting Center, John Hunt, Viasearch/MarketNsight
Read More: Market Watch Atlanta
North Fulton Poverty Task Force
This group has been meeting for about 3 years. They hold meetings, open to the public, periodically throughout North Fulton, and have a website and blog, see below… their focus includes several aspects that can lead our most vulnerable neighbors to poverty, including food in-security and lack of affordable housing.
Read More: Our Invisible Neighbors (PDF) and https://ourinvisibleneighbors.org/
These are just a few of the events and resources available for members of our community to learn more about affordable housing.
If you know of an upcoming event related to this topic, please reach out to us via Facebook.com/SandySpringsTogether and we will publicize it on our social media!
