This story was originally published by Atlanta Civic Circle. One of the nation’s most widely embraced strategies to combat homelessness — getting people housed first and then addressing other needs around mental health, addiction, and employment — faces an existential threat in the upcoming presidential election. Like Democratic and Republican administrations before it, the Biden […]
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Homeless Census Reveals a Rise in Unhoused Black Workers in Atlanta
Lower-income Black workers whose stagnant wages aren’t keeping up with rent prices are driving the growth in Atlanta’s homeless population, according to an annual count of the city’s unhoused. The ranks of Atlanta’s homeless grew to 2,867 people, a 7% spike from the 2,679 homeless people counted in January 2023 in Partners for HOME’s annual […]
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Fairburn & Gordon Owners Pay City Fine. Tenants Call For Demolition.
The owners of the Fairburn & Gordon I and II Apartments complex in southwest Atlanta paid more than $35,000 on Friday to settle an overdue civil penalty, but their tenants say that’s not enough. Some residents want the entire complex condemned and demolished after the city relocates them to better housing. “I would like to […]
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Judge Tells Fairburn & Gordon Owners It’s Time To Pay Up
The owners of the dilapidated Fairburn & Gordon I and II Apartments complex in west Atlanta are in hot water with a city judge after failing to complete a list of repairs and pay a hefty fine within a 30-day deadline. Municipal Judge Christopher T. Portis gave the complex’s parent company, A&B Apartments LLC, and […]
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Black Atlanta Homebuyers Cope With a Difficult Market
Forklift driver Craig Dollar and his wife Kimberly, an Atlanta Public Schools teacher, have dreamed of buying an affordable home in Atlanta for their family since 2006. But saving enough is a challenge in a metro area where rent prices have risen three times faster than wages since 2019 and the median home price has […]
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Reimagining Bankhead Courts: Former Residents Weigh In
Atlanta Housing has extended the deadline for public input on a project to revitalize Bankhead Courts, a former public housing project in northwest Atlanta that the city demolished in 2011. The agency, which is Georgia’s largest housing authority, said in an announcement last week that the decision to push back the original June 7 deadline […]
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The Civic Center Redevelopment Could Start This Year. Is 1,500 Housing Units Enough?
This story was originally published on May 22 by the Atlanta Civic Circle. Subscribe to their newsletter here. Crews could break ground on the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center’s long-overdue redevelopment before the end of the year, kicking off a potentially 13-year plan to bring new restaurants, retail, office space, a hotel, and around 1,500 […]
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Feds Find 31 ‘Life-Threatening’ Issues at Fairburn & Gordon Apartments
Shock and fire hazards, suspected mold, and an “extensive cockroach infestation” were among the housing code violations officials discovered at Fairburn & Gordon I and II Apartments in West Atlanta late last year, according to an inspection report obtained by Capital B Atlanta. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development gave the owners of […]
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City Judge Slaps $25,000 Fine on Owners of Troubled Fairburn & Gordon Apartments
A judge has ordered the owners of West Atlanta’s Fairburn & Gordon I and II Apartments to pay a $25,000 fine as a penalty for the more than 300 housing code and nuisance violations city inspectors have found at the residential complex. Municipal Judge Christopher T. Portis levied the fine Thursday morning after attorneys for […]
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Fairburn & Gordon Tenants Receive Troubling Letter From Landlord
Section 8 tenants waiting to be moved out of the “highly hazardous” Fairburn & Gordon I and II Apartments complex in west Atlanta are demanding answers after receiving a concerning letter from their landlord about their impending relocation. Crystal Brown is one of the Fairburn & Gordon residents who found a letter attached to her […]
