Working people living in motels are considered a "hidden homeless" population. An alliance of nonprofits are working to move 1,000 affected families in Atlanta to stable housing by next summer.
Atlanta City Council has unanimously approved a measure to begin counting unhoused people in the summer every other year starting in 2025 to get better data.
What’s “affordable” housing depends on what’s in your wallet. But zoom out to all of coastal Georgia, cross-reference a federal guideline and it shows most four-person families can “afford” housing ranging from zero up to about $2,300 per month. Here’s how numbers work to determine policies, challenges for families.
A group of nonprofits are working to help 1,000 families in the Atlanta metro area go from living in motels to stable, permanent housing by June of 2025.
The rising cost of Atlanta housing is making it hard for long-term residents to stay in their neighborhoods, but a new land trust offers solutions to address the shortage of affordable housing.
Educators say helping homeless students find a stable address is incredibly important. But before that can happen, there has to be agreement that kids are even homeless in the first place.
The Macon-Bibb Community Enhancement Authority is a state authority created a decade ago with the sole mission to reduce poverty in Bibb County. But many longtime neighborhood residents say the success of new and first-time homeownership in Pleasant Hill is a feat that the CEA hasn’t achieved often enough.
LISTEN: Today is runoff election day in Georgia, health care systems are investing in affordable housing, and a new name may be coming to a public square in Savannah.
Over the past decade, the Daybreak Center has provided a place for the unhoused in Macon to do simple things: laundry, bathe, access medical care or even just receive mail. Supporters decided the milestone was worth a party to mark the center’s 10 years of service to the community.
ATLANTA – A Georgia Senate committee focused on addressing homelessness heard Wednesday from a variety of Georgians who have directly experienced living on the streets.
Georgia’s Department of Community Affairs has stopped taking new applications for its rental assistance program, surprising tenants and landlords across the state who were expecting help.
After years of steady declines, levels of homelessness in the U.S. began rising again during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proven strategies are being used to reduce homelessness, even if they are facing new challenges.
