Leaders of some of Georgia’s most prominent tenant advocacy organizations are calling for a moratorium on evictions in response to the scale of the region’s eviction crisis and its oversized impact on Black families. Members of the Housing Justice League, Georgia Advancing Communities Together, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation issued demands Saturday for […]
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How Georgia’s Gubernatorial Candidates Plan to Fight Atlanta’s Eviction Crisis
Metro Atlanta is the eviction capital of America, with Black residents making up 70% of cases. With affordability and housing instability major issues heading into the midterms, Georgia gubernatorial candidates Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson have rolled out plans to lower the eviction rate. Their proposals came in response to recently publicized data showing […]
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Atlanta Is Leading the Nation in Evictions, and Black Families Face the Greatest Risk
Metro Atlanta’s record-setting pace of eviction filings, which led the nation in 2025, hasn’t slowed this year, and Black families are bearing the brunt of the displacement. Leaders from Princeton University’s Eviction Lab, a nonprofit that analyzes and publishes weekly data on eviction in major cities across America, presented their latest research to local government […]
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This Trailer Park Helped Make Atlanta the Eviction Capital of America
Stephania Melton has been fighting to keep a roof over her head ever since she and her four children moved into their three-bedroom trailer in the Hunter Ridge Mobile Home Park more than two years ago. The 44-year-old cook and kitchen supervisor from Alabama said the trouble began around March of 2024 after payments for […]
