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City Council considers audit of Atlanta’s Housing Help Center

Atlanta City Councilmember Kelsea Bond is calling for a sweeping audit of the city’s Housing Help Center, arguing Atlanta ...
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Atlanta Mayor finally tells firefighters he’ll sign union contract, as they push for pay increases

Newly elected International Association of Firefighters Local 134 president Alvin Rashad (left) and immediate past president Nate Bailey exhort Atlanta City Council to give firefighters a pay raise.
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As Atlanta struggles to implement a 2024 blight tax, DeKalb rolls out its own

When Atlanta leaders passed the most aggressive blight tax in Georgia in 2024, they pitched it as a way to crack down on neglected properties, while generating revenue for affordable housing. Keep up ...
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In Gulch deal, city shortchanged itself with low opt-out fees for affordable housing

Get our free weekly newsletter on important housing and democracy news every Thursday. Instead, Centennial Yards chose to pay the city of Atlanta roughly $8 million — or about $132,000 per unit — in ...
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City Council approves oversight for Housing Trust Fund

City Council approves oversight for Housing Trust Fund The Atlanta City Council on Monday unanimously approved legislation to ...
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Teamsters rally against Home Depot on May Day, as hundreds join Atlanta march

That followed an International Brotherhood of Teamsters rally outside Home Depot’s Atlanta headquarters earlier on May Day to ...
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Atlanta City Council president’s first town hall served up a buffet of city liaisons

Part Atlanta government expo and part Q&A, the two-hour event connected Atlantans to the right offices for their concerns ...