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Building new Affordable Housing

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.

https://houseatl.org/recommendations/?fbclid=IwAR1d4Y5kyA_VA0bJSXDwIsEkeV9rHBo5Y6MinTYMwQwjITjHwc-O53_B524

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.

https://newsroom.arlingtonva.us/release/arlington-county-board-approves-plan-financing-for-buckingham-neighborhood-mixed-income-housing-complex/

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.

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 […]