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Seattle commits $500M to affordable housing 1/16/19

Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area.

Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area (Published 2019)

The move is the most ambitious effort yet by a tech company to fund construction for local teachers, firefighters and other middle- and low-income residents.

Workforce exodus as rents rise in SS 4/14/17

Article highlights a meeting of the Community Assistance Center, a nonprofit aimed at preventing hunger and homelessness, with residents who say they are being priced out of their apartment homes.

As Sandy Springs rents rise, a working-class ‘exodus’ begins

Ayanna Souffrant moved to Sandy Springs 10 years ago for reasons many people do: to live in a safe community with good jobs and schools. Employed at the Perimeter Mall Chick-fil-A to support her two children, she’s one of the service workers who keep Perimeter Center in business.

Brookhaven/Buford Hwy zoning includes affordability mandate

Brookhaven’s proposed Buford Highway Overlay zoning district will include an affordable housing mandate and apartment tenant protections as city leaders try to address gentrification of the corridor known for its international restaurants and immigrant residents.

Brookhaven’s Buford Highway zoning to include affordability mandate

Brookhaven’s proposed Buford Highway Overlay zoning district will include an affordable housing mandate and apartment tenant protections as city leaders try to address gentrification of the corridor known for its international restaurants and immigrant residents. Besides an affordable housing mandate, other recommendations are expected to include requiring apartment complex owners to give “extended notices” to […]

City of Atlanta releases housing affordability action plan, commits to $1Billion for affordable housing preservation or creation.

The city of Atlanta issued a “Housing Affordability Action Plan” on June 25, this article lists the plan’s main goals and “initiatives”.

Atlanta releases ‘Housing Affordability Action Plan’; touches on Buckhead issues

The city of Atlanta issued a “Housing Affordability Action Plan” on June 25, drawing together a diverse slate of tactics for improving residential stability and equity that touches on several recent concerns in Buckhead. The lengthy plan elaborates a major agenda of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ administration and ties together ideas compiled from a wide […]

Task Force told to boost retail and avoid gentrification 5/25/18

Mayor Rusty Paul, challenges the North end Task Force to boost higher-end retail, which hinges on a wealthier customer base, without displacing the working-class residents of the city’s perhaps most diverse area

Sandy Springs north end task force is told to boost retail, avoid gentrification

The city of Sandy Springs’ North End Revitalization Task Force kicked off its brainstorming for redevelopment of northern Roswell Road on May 16 at Pontoon Brewing – the sort of hip, trendy business leaders want to see proliferate in the area of today’s aging shopping centers and apartment complexes.

Task Force Approves plan without advocate support

Sandy Springs’ North End Task Force is sent proposals to redevelop the area to the City Council without the approval of three members, who are affordable housing advocates. The advocates presented an alternative plan that called for anti-displacement measures.

Sandy Springs’ north end plan heads to City Council without advocate support

Sandy Springs’ north end task force is set to send its proposals to redevelop the area to the City Council without the approval of three members, who are affordable housing advocates. The advocates presented an alternative plan at the task force’s Dec. 5 meeting that called for anti-displacement measures, but it was not supported by […]