Lakeview Apartments in Stone Mountain is now the number one evictor in metro Atlanta as the region remains the eviction capital of America, according to the latest data.
A group of researchers from Princeton University’s nonprofit Eviction Lab examined eviction filings in major metro areas across the country and released its latest top 10 list of eviction hot spots last week. The findings highlight property owners who filed the most evictions year over year through October.
Listing sites describe Lakeview as a sprawling, estimated 45-acre apartment complex with 540 units that was originally built in 1970. It is one of multiple DeKalb County properties owned by SMP Lakeview SPE and Bethesda, Maryland-based Acento Real Estate Partners.
Lakeview has filed 349 evictions over the preceding 12 months, according to Eviction Lab. Capital B Atlanta has reached out to Acento for comment.
East Perimeter Pointe in Decatur placed second on the list with 275 filings, followed by the Park at Galaway in East Point with 273. The Legacy at Druid Hills in Atlanta came in fourth with 254 filings. Fullerton Apartments Asset Living in Decatur rounded out the top five with 250.
The news that metro Atlanta leads the nation in eviction filings raised alarm among elected officials who attended an Eviction Lab briefing in September. It also sent shockwaves across social media, especially among Black Georgians who wondered how the region known as the Black Mecca and home to a large number of Black millionaires could simultaneously have so many Black people struggling to keep roofs over their heads.
“Man, I love my city, but one thing Atlanta is going to do is throw up some expensive ass, fake luxury apartments and in the same breath have 142,000 eviction filings in a year. Make it make sense,” real estate influencer Jordan Head said in September.
“They just evicted 144,000 people in Atlanta and [there’s] not enough outrage for me,” IG influencer @taycheesy told her 211,000 followers in October.
Roughly 52% of Black folks in metro Atlanta are renters, according to Eviction Lab, which has found nearly 70% of evictions in the region are filed against Black tenants.
Eviction Lab spokesman Juan Pablo Garnham said the group’s latest data tracking filings across America hasn’t been finalized yet, but it’s safe to assume the five-county metro Atlanta region is still on pace to lead the nation in evictions for the second consecutive year.
“Atlanta has a huge number of filings every year, more than any other city we have on record,” Garnham said. “It seems very clear that there shouldn’t be a big change in the trend.”
Garnham said the data shows serial evictors like Lakeview that file multiple evictions against the same individual tenants are the main reason Atlanta’s eviction rates are so high.
“A lot of these filings are happening in just a few buildings,” he said. “That doesn’t mean all these people ended up evicted or losing their homes, but it does show some landlords are using the evicting process as part of their regular practices.”
One of those landlords has been River Valley Communities LLC., owner of the Hunter Ridge Mobile Home Park. The sprawling trailer park, located near Jonesboro in Clayton County’s Irondale region, topped metro Atlanta’s eviction hotspot list in 2025.
Several Hunter Ridge tenants who spoke with Capital B Atlanta earlier this year accused management of routinely filing multiple evictions against tenants to force them to pay unjustified late fees, court costs, and maintenance charges that often amounted to hundreds more on their monthly rent.
Hunter Ridge dropped from first to 12th on the latest eviction hotspot list with 206 filings as of October. That was a drop from 491 evictions in the previous period. Garnham said it’s unclear why Hunter Ridge’s eviction filing rate has declined.
“It’s difficult from here to know why that’s going on,” he said.
Affordable housing advocates and some state lawmakers in response have called for an eviction moratorium ahead of the next 40-day legislative session, set to begin on Jan. 11.
Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms’ campaign team told Capital B Atlanta in October that she plans to enact policies that prioritize eviction prevention in response to news about the eviction crisis. She also wants to expand rental assistance, hold corporate landlords accountable, and provide legal resources to at-risk families.
“Keisha believes every Georgian deserves a safe, stable place to call home, and no family should lose that because of temporary financial hardship,” Bottoms campaign spokesperson Joetta Appiah told Capital B Atlanta via email in October.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
- Elevate at Jackson Creek Apartments in Norcross with 241 filings
- Creekside Corners in Lithonia with 232
- 33Ninety Apartments in Atlanta with 229
- The Reserve at Stonecreek in Redan with 226
- Redwood Ridge in Forest Park with 216
Garnham advised lawmakers who want to tackle the eviction crisis to examine Eviction Lab’s data and take it seriously. The crisis has fueled a four consecutive year rise in metro Atlanta’s homeless population, which is overwhelmingly Black.
“This is not something that has to be like it is,” he said. “If you keep things the way that they are, it’s very likely that these high eviction rates will remain the same.”
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