Community Progress exists to help meet the growing need in America’s cities and towns for effective, sustainable solutions to turn vacant, abandoned and deteriorated properties into vibrant places. This webpage outlines incentives for homeowners for home improvement, repair and curb appeal improvements. The purpose of these incentives is to make visible improvements to the housing stock; increase housing value; improve neighborhood image; and raise the standard for housing quality.
House ATL recommendations
HouseATL is a cross-sector group of civic leaders committed to building the political and community will for a comprehensive and coordinated housing affordability action plan in the City of Atlanta. This webpage outlines their recommendations for investing in an affordable Atlanta without displacement, working together and empowering Atlantans.
Life of Privilege explained in a $100 race
A popular YouTube video that examines equity and privilege.
Zip Code destiny – NPR
Hidden Brain Podcast that discusses early variables in your life, from the quality of your kindergarten teacher to the neighborhood you grew up in, and the can lasting effects it can have on economic mobility.
Negative Impacts of Gentrification
This article defines gentrification as an influx of capital and concomitant goods and services in locales where those resources were previously non-existent or denied. The author discusses the problems that gentrification causes.
Arlington, VA
The Arlington County Board approved a plan to build a five-story mixed-income apartment building. It will include 98 committed affordable units, most of them family-size.
