Grove Park residents are accusing a faith-based, affordable housing nonprofit of hindering Black homeownership in their community by buying up houses, refusing to sell them, and turning them into substandard apartments for rent. Grove Park Renewal’s stated mission is to “empower neighbors through quality, dignified housing.” Helping renters from the majority-Black, northwest Atlanta neighborhood become […]
Grove Park Renewal
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Locked Out of Legacy
EDITOR’S NOTE: Canopy contributor Nikishka Iyengar is the founder and chief ecosystem officer at The Guild, an organization developing equitable real estate and programs for communities of color. “If you really want to talk about the beauty of this city,you gotta start in the parts that nobody wants to go to,that so many people came from.”— […]