This article was produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations, where Chauncey Alcorn and Adam Mahoney are 2025-2026 Ida B. Wells fellows. When Kenneth Porter moved to Atlanta from Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2016 to advance his career in the entertainment industry, he rented part of a two-bedroom townhouse on Atlanta’s eastside for […]
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Warnock-Backed Bill Targets Corporate Home Buyers Pricing Out Black Families
Private companies buying up homes in metro Atlanta have made the American dream of homeownership unattainable for many families, and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock said Black Georgians seeking to buy their first homes have been hurt more than most. Investors own at least 25% of all the single family rental properties in Atlanta, the largest […]
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Bills Aimed at Lowering Housing Costs for Black Georgians Face Crucial Deadline
Albany State University sophomore Leah Cowen dreams of owning a home in Georgia one day, but worries she’ll never be able to afford it. “It’s so important to me, because I do have parents who pay mortgages,” Cowen, 20, told Capital B Atlanta. “Seeing how it’s affecting them personally, and knowing that I’m gonna have […]
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Eviction Crisis in Metro Atlanta Disproportionately Impacts Black Residents
Anxious. Annoyed. Angry. Those are just a few of the emotions expressed by the steady stream of Black folks seen walking in and out of the magistrate case information office inside the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Tuesday as some desperately sought legal aid before appearing in court for pending eviction cases. Metro Atlanta […]
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Atlanta Spent $60 Million to Address Homelessness, but the Crisis Persists
As the temperature dropped to around 35 degrees last Wednesday night, Yered Israel wasn’t sure where he’d be sleeping — or whether he’d sleep at all. The 36-year-old, self-identified unhoused man was sitting in the entryway of a Georgia State University garage with his belongings around 9 p.m. last week when he was approached by […]
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Advocates Say ‘Landlord Friendly’ Laws Are Fueling Evictions, Homelessness in Atlanta
Monae Edgerson Pettaway was already in a state of “financial crisis” before she was forced to move out of her one-bedroom apartment at McAuley Station in Atlanta in December. The 55-year-old disabled Atlanta native says the management team at the 170-unit apartment complex — located near Selena S. Butler Park in the city’s Sweet Auburn […]
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As Atlanta Prepares for MLK Day, Bernice King Urges Action on Homelessness
This year’s MLK Jr. Day celebration in Atlanta is on Monday, but last week King Center CEO Bernice A. King was reflecting on a recent tragic milestone. Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the killing of Cornelius Taylor. Witnesses said the 46-year-old unhoused Black man was sleeping in a tent across from Ebenezer Baptist Church on […]
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For One Atlanta Family, a New Home Arrived Just in Time for Christmas
Atlanta native Quanta and her family on Tuesday received what for them was the ultimate Christmas gift from Habitat for Humanity and its partnership with Atlanta Falcons legend Warrick Dunn. The 35-year-old engaged mother of three, her children, her fiancé, Antione, and her mother, Geraldine, were visibly shocked during the morning as they toured their […]
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Mayor’s TAD Plan Sparks Gentrification Fears for Southwest Atlanta Activists
Atlanta community activists advocating on behalf of low-income Black families are raising gentrification concerns about Mayor Andre Dickens’ $5 billion neighborhood reinvestment initiative. The program calls for the extension of existing tax allocation districts (TADs) to help pay for revamping majority-Black neighborhoods on the city’s southwest side. TADs — also referred to as tax incremental […]
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Ossoff Talks Affordable Housing, Delivering for Black Voters
Lack of affordable housing is “probably the number one issue” impacting everyone in metro Atlanta, especially the region’s Black community, according to U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff. It’s why he says he’s spent years combatting abusive corporate landlords and promoting affordable home construction across the state. “I’m in the midst now of an ongoing investigation of […]
