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News Articles: affordable housing

Bill Bolling founded the Atlanta Community Food Bank in 1979. Since then, he's worked on issues of food insecurity, poverty and housing all across Georgia.

'The Work Was To Be With People': Nonprofit Leader Bill Bolling On Service, Community

Bill Bolling knew from his first experience at the community kitchen at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Atlanta that he was destined for a life of...

November 15, 2018
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott

Fifty Years After Fair Housing Act, Affordable Housing In Macon Hard To Find

During the 1930s, Macon, Georgia was the nation's most redlined city. That term was not used until much later, but the practice -- denying mortgage...

September 24, 2018
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • and 2 more
Dan Immergluck (left), Erik Provitt, Virginia Prescott (center), Bambie Hayes-Brown and Scotley Innis in the "On Second Thought" studio.

What Would It Take To Advance Fair Housing Today?

Fifty years after the Fair Housing Act, we took a look at the state of fair housing and affordable housing in Georgia today.

September 24, 2018
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

What Can The Fair Housing Act Tell Us 50 Years Later?

The Fair Housing Act is 50 years old this year. Former President Lyndon Johnson implemented this landmark piece of civil rights legislation days after...

September 24, 2018
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott
Atlanta city officials cut the ribbon on the city's newest, affordable, senior-living complex.

Atlanta Unveils Newest, Affordable, Senior-Living Housing Complex

The city of Atlanta unveiled a new affordable housing complex for seniors on Monday.

September 10, 2018
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By:
  • Ross Terrell
Teola Scndezera and her husband Emmanuel Scndezera spend time on most days watching the construction of the mixed income housing that will neighbor the subsidized Tindall Senior Towers where they live.

Trump's Tax Reform Could Stall Low Income Housing

Chalk it up to the law of unintended consequences. The Federal tax reform that passed this year was intended to provide tax relief. The perhaps...

June 05, 2018
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
In Blindspotting, lifelong friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal explore issues of race and class in Oakland, California.

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"Blindspotting" Shines Light On Gentrification, Police Brutality In Bay Area

From Broadway to the big screen, actors Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal are in Georgia for the Atlanta Film Festival. They both co-wrote and star in ...

April 13, 2018
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By:
  • LaRaven Taylor and
  • Leah Fleming
Breakroom guests Amber Scott (left), Soumaya Khalifa, Tanya Washington and Héctor Fernández joined On Second Thought Friday, April 6.

The Breakroom: Affordable Housing, Medical Marijuana And Sinclair Broadcast Group

This week we talked about student debt, modern mass protest movements and Martin Luther King Jr.'s lasting legacy. We sat down with our Breakroom guests...

April 06, 2018
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By:
  • Adam Ragusea and
  • Summer Evans
Republican candidate for Georgia's 6th District Congressional seat Karen Handel declares victory during an election-night watch party Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Karen Handel: The GOP’s Guiding Light?

On this edition of Political Rewind, 6th District Congresswoman Karen Handel is tapped to help other GOP candidates for congress on how to run for...

January 19, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
If completed, a 2011 deal between the Atlanta Housing Authority and Integral Group could amount to a king-sized subsidy towards the construction of high-end, market-rate homes, and harm the city's efforts to create more affordable housing.

Atlanta Land Deal Angers People Who Want Affordable Housing

A controversial deal to require Atlanta's low-income housing authority to sell prime parcels of vacant land to a developer would hand them over at a ...

October 13, 2017
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By:
  • WILLOUGHBY MARIANO,
  • AJC,
  • and 1 more
Georgia State University plans to transform the 68-acre site of Turner Field into a college baseball and football stadium complex surrounded by private dorms, retail stores, restaurants and office space.

Turner Field Neighbors Divided Over Community Benefits Agreement

As Georgia State University and its development partners move forward on redeveloping downtown Atlanta’s Turner Field, neighbors of the former Atlanta...

May 12, 2017
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington
Tindall Heights is one of the oldest public housing projects in Macon, Ga. When it and the now demolished Oglethorpe Homes were built in 1940, Tindall Heights was for blacks only while Oglethorpe Homes was for whites only.

How Far Can You Get From Public Housing (With Help?)

The asbestos was already being removed from Tindall Heights by the time the politicians were ready to celebrate its demolition. Thelma Dillard was one...

September 14, 2016
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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