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Atlanta's Public Housing Revamp Shows Real Hope for the Future Atlanta Journal Constitution - 7/28/08 One of America’s great success stories is here in Atlanta. For those who believe that the alternative to cradle-to-grave dependency on government is to give individuals incentive to make responsible choices, Atlanta is a conservative’s dream. More ...4 Housing Projects to Be Torn Down Atlanta Business Chronicle - 7/7/08 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development late Wednesday gave its OK to the Atlanta Housing Authority to tear down the city's final four major family housing projects. More ...Mixed-use communities in Atlanta stir questions Augusta Chronicle - 7/7/08 A new model for public housing had its genesis in Atlanta, where the nation's first federal housing project became the prototype mixed-income community. Housing authority CEO Renee's Glover's stated goal is to eradicate all of the city's projects, and her counterparts in Augusta sent people there last year in an attempt to sell the concept. More ...Last of the ghettos Creative Loafing - 7/7/08 Atlanta Housing Authority Executive Director Renee Glover’s longtime wish is about to come true. It appears that four of the city’s last public housing projects — a total 1,200 affordable apartments — will soon come tumbling down. More ...Closing the Chapter on 'The Projects' Atlanta Journal Constitution - 7/3/08 Atlanta has risen from its own ashes many times – most spectacularly after the Civil War. But there have been other occasions where the will of the people to do the right thing has fostered civic rebirth. While many Southern cities were mired in racial unrest and raceNew public housing at heart of a civic rebirth Atlanta Journal Constitution - 7/2/08 Atlanta has risen from its own ashes many times — most spectacularly after the Civil War. But there have been other occasions when the will of the people to do the right thing has fostered civic rebirth. While many Southern cities were mired in racial unrest and race riots, for example, Atlanta said, "We can do better," and we did. More ...Bowen Homes Tenants Learn about Relocation Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/26/08 Federal housing officials Friday approved the Atlanta Housing Authority's request to demolish Bowen Homes. The demolition will take place in about 12 to 18 months. More ...Giving shelter to city's bad guys Toronto Sun - 6/24/08 'Out of control' system preventing troublemakers from being evicted from public housing, critic says More ...West Palm hopes demoltion sparks change in Dunbar Village South Florida Sun-Sentinel - 6/6/08 Tearing down 13 buildings might not be a community's most obvious approach to recovering from a brutal crime against a woman and her young son. But in Dunbar Village, it could be a way forward. More ...Aided by Rep. Lewis, 2 sides to meet in housing flap Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/25/08 U.S. Rep. John Lewis is hoping to play mediator between the Atlanta Housing Authority officials and tenant leaders. More ...Atlanta Housing Demolition Sparks Outcry National Public Radio - 3/10/08 Complexes that accept housing vouchers are concentrated in some of Atlanta's poorest neighborhoods. More ...CRIME-RIDDEN BOWEN HOMES SOON WILL BE TORN DOWN, BUT IT'S RESIDENTS' FUTURE CONCERNS SOME CITY AND COMMUNITY OFFICIALS Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 2/27/08 Beverly Forbes pays rent by selling food from her apartment at Bowen Homes--one of the public housing projects in Atlanta that still stands. But time is running out for residents to gobble up her popular dishes, such as her Famous Ugly Cake. More ...ATLANTA RETHINKS HOUSING PROJECTS Los Angeles Times - 1/21/08 Officials are to vote on razing the remaining low-income units for more revitalization. Some express doubts. More ...ATLANTA WANTS TO STUDY IMPACT OF DEMOLITION Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 12/3/07 The Atlanta City Council won't delay the Housing Authority's plan to demolish some of its older apartment buildings. At least, for now.Don't raze residents' hopes of a fresh start Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 11/30/07 For decades, it was unofficial government policy to warehouse many of the nation's poor in crumbling public housing complexes where they were left vulnerable to crime and violence. More ...Local coalition aims for Atlanta marriage of golf and public housing Times Picayune - 11/10/07 The skyscraper magnate faced a political gantlet, a seemingly impossible sales job sure to raise suspicions of a rich developer profiting at the expense of the poor. More ...Jesse Jackson will sleep here to raise awareness Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/23/07 The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is scheduled to stay overnight Wednesday at a northwest Atlanta public housing community to help call attention to what critics say is the removal of African-Americans and the poor from the nation's central cities. More ...Razing public housing: When housing isn't home Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/17/07 Razing the projects: When housing isn't homePoor Atlantans have more choices now Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 9/14/07 While Atlanta citizens remain patient and empathetic with persons who need transitional shelters, mental health services and chemical dependency assistance, Atlantans have become impatient with irrational zealotry and the unsustainable strategies offered by many homeless advocates. More ...Program tries to close renting 'gap' Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/19/07 The Atlanta Housing Authority announced a program Wednesday to provide up to 5,000 newly built apartments to people who earn what teachers and nurses do. More ...Residents prepare to move out of public housing Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/17/07 More than 50 residents of Englewood Manor, one of Atlanta's last remaining public housing complexes, gathered this morning for what amounted to a kind of pep rally. More ...What Ever Happened to ....Eva Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/9/07 Eva Davis sometimes sits on the porch of her duplex apartment and looks out with amazement over the Villages at East Lake in southeast Atlanta. More ...Affordable housing needs support Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/6/07 Editorial: In order to mitigate against market forces that can jeopardize our poorest citizens, local and national governments must play an active role. More ...We're Headed for Urban Greatness--If We Can Tame Traffic Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 5/16/07 Atlanta's renaissance as a vibrant urban core is nothing short of remarkable. Nearly every neighborhood close to downtown shows signs of commercial and residential vitality, including the once-neglected district near the old Atlanta-Fulton County stadium. More ...With rebirth, Atlanta Housing Authority gives residents hope Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 5/14/07 With rebirth, Atlanta Housing Authority gives residents hopeGood riddance to bad housing Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/29/07 Bemoaning the loss of public projects is no way to help the poor make a better life More ...60 rally to protest public housing evictions The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/26/07 About 60 people rallied in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday for the right to remain in public housing. More ...Demolishing Atlanta's public housing: Poor can't be lost in quality-of-life drive Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/15/07 Historically, government policies on housing and transportation have played a critical role in bringing the American dream of homeownership, economic stability and wealth building closer to reality for more of us. More ...Martinez defends threatened housing grants New York Times - 3/9/07 Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida threw his weight behind an effort Thursday to renew a popular public housing program that President Bush has been determined to eliminate. More ...Mikulski Renews Fight for Affordable Housing Capital News Service - 3/9/07 WASHINGTON - Sen. Barbara Mikulski on Thursday renewed her battle against the Bush administration, which has cut her signature housing program every year since 2003.NAMES IN BUSINESS: Cousins chief Bell to chair Central Atlanta Progress Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/8/07 It's official. Central Atlanta Progress' next chairman will be Tom Bell, CEO of Cousins Properties.Atlanta to raze most of its public housing complexes The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 2/15/07 Atlanta is gearing up to raze nearly all of its remaining stock of aging, dilapidated multifamily complexes and two senior residences within the next several years. More ...CLAYTON COUNTY--Grand Jury Reveals Concerns About Influx of New Residents Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 2/15/07 A recent Clayton County grand jury detailed a slew of concerns about county government, but it is unclear whether anyone will care enough to act on them. More ...CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY TO SHARE TEAR-DOWN PLAN Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 2/14/07 The Atlanta Housing Authority today is sched-uled to share with residents its plans to demolish a dozen of its most dilapidated family communities and senior high rises More ...Atlanta Power Player Tom Cousins retires The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 12/7/06 Tom Cousins came to Atlanta in 1954 when the tallest thing in town was a church spire. Thursday, his 75th birthday, he'll retire from working life having helped build his adopted city into the pinnacle of the New South.Housing problems need answers before population swells Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 12/4/06 Providing enough affordable housing is one of the most difficult issues facing rebounding urban areas such as Atlanta. More ...Gentrification Myth Hampers Civic Progress Baton Rouge Advocate - 10/5/06 Local residents are concerned the new developments will displace many residents in downtown Baton Rouge. More ...AHF Live: The 2005 Tax Credit Developers' Summit Industry leaders debate ways to improve LIHTC program Affordable Housing Finance - 9/26/06 A transcript of the public meeting of the Editorial Advisory Board of Affordable Housing Finance meeting at the start of AHF Live: The 2005 TAx Credit Developers' Summit More ...Barkley Forum Emory University - 9/26/06 The Georgia Speakers of the Year from 1967 to 2004 More ...Follow Atlanta housing model Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 8/24/06 Julia Vitullo-Martin wants the New York City Housing Authority to follow the Atlanta Housing Authority's footsteps in revitalizing public housing. More ...Project Vision Wall Street Journal - 8/18/06 Commentary in Wall Street Journal holds Atlanta as example other cities should follow.AHA revitalizations deemed Olympic legacy Georgia Trend - 8/1/06 10 years after Atlanta hosted the Olympic Games, its population, landscape and image are changed forever. This excerpt from Georgia Trent magazine's retrospective "Atlanta's Olympic Legacy," cites AHA's effective use of the summer games as a catalyst for revitalizing depressed Atlanta neighborhoods. More ...Atlanta cited as reason to keep HOPE VI alive Wall Street Journal - 7/2/06 The Federal Government's program to revitalize public housing is set to expire, and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the Maryland Democrat who championed the effort in the early 1990s, while citing the AHA model as reason for continued funding, is fighting an uphill battle to preserve it.Fighting for public housing: Maryland senator battles to save federal program set to expire The Wall Street Journal - 7/1/06 Soon after the Hope VI program began, public-housing authorities shifted how they use the federal funds, contributing to the backlog in projects. Instead of relying solely on federal dollars to raze old buildings and construct new ones, the Atlanta Housing Authority worked with the private sector, leveraging Hope VI grant money from HUD to replace a crumbling public-housing site with a mixed-income community. The project -- one-third public-housing units, one-third market-rate units and one-third single-family homes -- became the template. More ...A proposal for renovation of New Orleans' City Park to be modeled closely after Atlanta's East Lake The Times-Picayune - 6/12/06 Born from the nation's worst natural catastrophe comes a plan to revitalize the public and professional golf landscape in post-Katrina New Orleans. Modeled closely after the critically acclaimed East Lake community in Atlanta, the Fore!Kids Foundation soon plans to unveil a proposed $200 million project that would turn the battered and bruised City Park golf complex into a vibrant piece of property. More ...LA--NEW ORLEANS--COMING HOME--A PROPOSAL FOR RENOVATION OF CITY PARK INCLUDES RETURNING THE PGA TOUR STOP TO ITS ROOTS New Orleans Times-PIcayune - 6/12/06 Born from the nation’s worst natural catastrophe comes a plan to revitalize the public and professional golf landscape in post Katrina New Orleans. Modeled closely after the critically acclaimed East Lake community in Atlanta. More ...PHAs test ways to deliver aid Affordable Housing Finance - 5/24/06 A small group of public housing authorities around the country, including the Atlanta Housing Authority, are participating in a pilot program called Moving To Work. More ...East Lake foursome tee off for a full ride The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 5/9/06 Four young men living in the Villages of East Lake earn full golf scholarships to Grambling State University. More ...An interview with Renee Glover Creative Loafing - 5/3/06 Atlanta Housing Authority CEO talks about transforming public housing. More ...Poor design of built environment linked to sick kids Environment News Service - 4/10/06 As examples of how to build a healthier environment, the American Public Health Association recognized five communities--including Centennial Place in Atlanta--as national models for solutions that protect kids' health and foster smart economic growth. More ...New policy could evict many from University Homes The Clark Atlanta University Panther - 4/4/06 At a recent tenant meeting at University Homes, the Atlanta Housing Authority explained its CATALYST program to residents, who came away with mixed emotions. More ...Land swap paves way for redevelopment Multi-Housing News - 4/1/06 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Alphonso Jackson recently announced a land transfer between the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) and three of the city’s colleges. More ...Birmingham success story inspires other cities The Tennessean - 3/19/06 Birmingham, along with several other cities including Atlanta, have used the HOPE VI redevelopment grant to eliminate crime by relocating residents into residential, mixed-income communities. More ...Gentrification changing face of New Atlanta The New York Times - 3/11/06 In-town living. Live-work-play. Mixed income. The buzzwords of soft-core urbanism are everywhere these days in Atlanta, an eternally optimistic city. More ...Urban housing success story faces budget ax San Francisco Chronicle - 2/23/06 The HOPE VI program has been tremendously successful all over the country, particularly in Atlanta, during the past 13 years. However, the Bush administration is looking to cut many domestic programs, including HOPE VI. More ...Land swap takes place between Atlanta Housing Authority and College Partners, Inc. Newswise - 2/21/06 Spelman College, Morehouse College and the Morehouse School of Medicine exchange land with AHA to expand campuses. More ...East Lake Foundation director brings message of hope to San Bernardino San Bernardino County Sun - 1/20/06 Carol Naughton, executive director of the East Lake Foundation, gave a presentation in San Bernardino, Calif., on how East Lake Meadows was transformed into The Villages of East Lake. During her speech, Naughton explained that the overhaul required the participation of city government, the private sector, the Atlanta Housing Authority and the people who lived at East Lake. More ...Schools fit for a King National Review Online - 1/18/06 Atlanta schools in and around former high-poverty, public housing communities are showing vast improvements in academic achievement. More ...HUD could learn a few things from Atlanta, Macon Macon Telegraph - 1/17/06 The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development would do well to study what has worked in Atlanta and Macon as two of the most successful HOPE VI projects have been in the South. In Atlanta, the effort is headed up by Atlanta Housing Authority Executive Director Renee Glover, who John Hiscox, executive director of the Macon Housing Authority, calls the best HOPE VI administrator in the country. More ...Recovery in Atlanta may aid San Bernardino San Bernardino County Sun - 1/16/06 Carol Naughton, executive director of the East Lake Community Foundation, is flying to San Bernardino, Calif., to discuss East Lake's transformation. More ...Mayor urges 'work force' housing fund The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 1/6/06 Workers struggling to buy into the increasingly expensive Atlanta housing market may soon get a break under a city program.New homeless housing offers personalized community service Associated Press - 12/3/05 At a national conference on affordable housing held this week in Atlanta, experts praised private developments like the Hope House as an example of a new wave of projects that could be key to rehabilitating the destitute.Urban schools argue in favor of debate teams Chicago Tribune - 11/28/05 Across the country, in cities such as Chicago and Atlanta, thousands of mostly black and Hispanic students are joining their school's debate teams. More ...BUILDING BLOCKS: Public housing sites get a do-over Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 11/16/05 The Atlanta Housing Authority has teamed up with private developers to build a mixed-use, mixed-income development on the site of the former Capitol Homes and Grady Homes public housing projects, just east of downtown. More ...The Katrina Experiment National Journal - 11/5/05 Relocation of New Orleans evacuees highlights benefits of deconcentration model pioneered by AHA.Chambliss, Isakson Announce $20 Million in HUD funding for Atlanta Senator Saxby Chambliss news release - 10/27/05 AHA wins $20 million HOPE VI grant to revitalize Grady Homes. More ...Housing experts work to address city poverty; community investment The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 10/13/05 Washington ranked among the top 10 U.S. cities with a great concentration of extremely poor neighborhoods in a report Wednesday, housing experts grappled with how to remake cities that host deep clusters of poverty. More ...New approach to housing complex The Atlanta-Journal Constitution - 7/7/05 "The sprawling, 41-acre complex of low-slung brick apartments will be demolished in August to make way for a gleaming, $144 million urban village of condos, townhomes and live/work lofts that promise to transform the long-troubled neighborhood just southwest of downtown.Up or out of Atlanta Public Housing? The Atlanta Voice - 7/7/05 "Recently published and broadcast reports suggested that Fulton County Sheriff deputies would soon be knocking on doors and tossing residents and belongings in the street. But Rick White, a spokesperson for the Atlanta Housing Authority, suggests that was a bit misleading."Housing board delays eviction policy The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/6/05 "Fearing an increase in the homeless population and an exploitation of the city's underclass, the council passed a resolution Tuesday asking the AHA to delay implementing the authority's Moving to Work Program, called CATALYST, that would call for evictions of those not complying with the program."The price is right in Cobb: New homes affordable for the local work force The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/4/05 "The Atlanta Housing Authority, which develops and operates affordable housing for low-income families, has developed seven mixed-income communities for homeowners, with subsidized home prices at about $140,000. The percentage of homes reserved for work force housing ranges from 20 percent to 45 percent of the total units, depending on the community, according to the AHA." More ...Our Opinions: Build on changes--Atlanta right to root out tenants who are a plague on public housing; but it must do more to provide hope The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/1/05 AJC's "Our Opinions" encourages AHA to "do more to provide hope," but stands by the CATALYST initiative as a whole, which is "aimed at nudging a large segment of the city's public housing population closer to self-sufficiency and possibly homeownership."CULTIVATING HISTORY: Putting down roots-- Doomed housing project's plants won't be leaving neighborhood Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/30/05 "... volunteers are transplanting hundreds of roses, irises, hydrangeas, yuccas, crinums and cannas --- even Patterson's camellia --- to nearby Oakland Cemetery, where they'll be given new life in its historic black section." More ...Evictions from public housing near: Tenants told last October to get jobs or else The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/29/05 The AJC reports on AHA's newest initiative, CATALYST, which is improving opportunities for residents. AHA is raising standards, including requiring all 18-61 non-disabled adults to work or attend school. This is helping residents become more self-sufficient and break the cycle of poverty. More ...Housing Evictions WAGA FOX 5 NEWS - 6/29/05 "Last October, residents between the ages of 18 to 61 and not disabled who lived in the 13 traditional public housing units, and in Section 8 houses were informed they would no longer be allowed to live there without working or studying... Housing Authority Executive Director Renee Glover, however, defends the tougher rules, called CATALYST. 'I am expecting that most people are going to step up to the requirement and achieve it,' Glover said." More ...Atlanta Public Housing Tenants with No Jobs Face Eviction: Policy Has Caused Consternation Among Some WSB TV Channel 2 Action News - 6/29/05 "At least one public housing resident is happy to see the new rule requiring residents to work or go to school. Verna Mobley, 76, called the work rule 'the greatest thing that has ever happened.'" More ...Redevelopments send public tenants packing The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/13/05 AHA is revitalizing McDaniel Glenn to create a healthy mixed-income community. More ...Outfield angels The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/12/05 The Atlanta Braves, along with other corporate sponsors, will break ground on four baseball fields to be developed at The Villages at Carver, an Atlanta Housing Authority mixed-income community. 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More ...Living In America: Is Our Public Housing System up to the Challenges of the 21st Century Committee on Government Reform - 2/15/05 The Subcommittee on Federalism & the Census will be holding a hearing entitled: "Living in America: Is Our Public Housing System up to the Challenges of the 21st Century." More ...Much more than golf Georgia Trend - 2/1/05 With the help of a public-private partnership, East Lake Meadows and the famed East Lake Golf Club were revitalized into a thriving community.West Highlands gets ARC award for excellence The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 11/15/04 West Highlands is among the short list of winners of the awards given by the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Regional Business Coalition. More ...West Highlands is Atlanta's answer to housing projects Atlanta Business Chronicle - 10/29/04 The development model used at West Highlands is recognized by the Business Chronicle as a solution to revitalizing communities in our city. More ...OUR OPINIONS: Housing door stays open for poor The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 9/7/04 HUD has decided not to cut its Section 8 program like it originally intended. The AJC agrees and comments on the benefits of the program. More ...Who's Who in Residential Real Estate The Atlanta Business Chronicle - 8/27/04 Renee Glover has made Atlanta's Who's Who of Residential Real Estate list again this year. As AHA continues to improve and maximize its real estate portfolio, the business community is taking note. More ...Glover's department earns perfect score Atlanta Business Women - 8/27/04 The Atlanta Housing Authority is designated a high-performing agency in February 1999 with a score of 97 percent, and earned a perfect score for its most recent HUD assessment for the fiscal year end of 1999. More ...APARTMENT OF THE WEEK: Villages of East Lake The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 8/22/04 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution awards The Villages of East Lake apartment of the week for "giving back to its city." More ...Trees teach lesson at West Highlands The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/21/04 Maria Saporta commends the developers of West Highlands for protecting old-growth trees that now run throughout the community. More ...Comeback under way in northwest Atlanta The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/14/04 The AJC examines what is now Atlanta's largest in-town residential development, West Highlands. The 460 acre community held its grand opening event today with HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson. More ...City is lucky Glover made it her address The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/13/04 AJC columnist Colin Campbell opines on Renee Glover's successful direction of AHA, and effectively the transformation of many of the city's blighted areas, over the last ten years. More ...Blight to be made top-flight - Mechanicsville project slated for revitalization The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/5/04 McDaniel Glenn, one of AHA's affordable communities, has received a $20 million grant from HUD to revitalize the community. More ...Bush housing plan greeted skeptically The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/22/04 Renee Lewis Glover responds to the Administration's proposed changes to the popular and successful Section 8 program. More ...OUR OPINIONS: Don't leave rent program unpaid The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/8/04 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution examines proposed federal cuts to the successful Housing Choice (formerly Section 8) program here in Atlanta. More ...Centennial Park East Mixed-Use Develoment Announced in Downtown Atlanta Downtown Improvement District - 3/24/04 A detail description of the one-quarter of a million sqaure foot, mixed-use project being developed by The Integral Group. More ...The Local Impact of Proposed Cuts in Federal Income Housing Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - 3/12/04 A new study looking at the effects, of the proposed reductions in the Housing Voucher Program. More ...Chicago and Atlanta share lessons learned on education and quality schools Metropolitan Planning Council - 3/3/04 A forum exploring key issues related to the mixed-income communities developing as part of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Plan for Transformation. More ...Thinking Right: Dean, UGA, traffic The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 11/7/03 In his weekly recap of 'things gone right' in Georgia, Jim Wooten commends Renee Glover's leadership in revitalizing some of Atlanta's most dilapidated communities. More ...Guest teachers return to class Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/9/03 Renee Glover will participate in this year's Teach for America. Glover will teach a class at Woodson Elementary School as part of a nationwide effort to eliminate educational inequity in our children's schools. More ...Public housing director enlists leaders’ support Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 9/18/03 Mayor Shirley Franklin called a meeting of the city's leaders to hear Renee Glover call for the continued support of revitalizing Atlanta's dilapidated communities. More ...Atlanta facing empty seats in new schools Education Week - 9/17/03 Atlanta Public Schools is experiencing a drop in enrollment, and Education Week explores the possible reasons why. More ...Who's Who in Residential Real Estate Atlanta Business Chronicle - 8/29/03 Renee Glover has made the Atlanta Business Chronicle's annual list of Who's Who in Residential Real Estate. The list highlights metro Atlanta's leading professionals in the residential real estate industry. More ...Restore Section 8 Housing Funds Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 8/7/03 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution states the need for the federal government to provide significant funding for the Section 8 program. More ...Entangled in Vine City; 'The city lost control': Officials scramble to save project to renew Historic Westside Village Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/28/03 The Atlanta Housing Authority is doing its part to redevelop the Westside Village area. More ...HOPE VI program worth keeping Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/25/03 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board expresses the need to keep the HOPE VI program. More ...Imperiled funding: mixed-income communities are a success story The Roanoke Times - 7/13/03 AHA Executive Director Renee Glover talks about the need for HOPE VI in cities across the country, including Roanoke, Virginia. More ...Public-private housing partnership worth keeping Chattanooga Times Free Press - 7/6/03 The HOPE VI program has had a positive impact on the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Renee Glover opines on the need to reauthorize HOPE VI in order to continue revitalizations such as those in Atlanta and Chattanooga. More ...A public housing alternative: don't stop replacing old projects with diverse, private developments Peoria Journal-Star - 6/29/03 Renee Glover calls to reauthorize HOPE VI across the country, including Peoria, Illinois. The city has received a HOPE VI grant to revitalize one of its dilapidated communities. More ...Hope VI's impact on improving urban housing The Louisville Courier-Journal - 6/13/03 Louisville, Kentucky has received HOPE VI funds to revitalize dilapidated housing. In the Louisville Courier-Journal, Renee Glover talks about the need to reauthorize HOPE VI so that cities across the country can continue to transform broken neighborhoods into vibrant communities. More ...Residents Applaud Techwood Demolition The Seattle Times - 6/10/03 Demolition day for Techwood Homes, the nation's oldest public housing experiment. More ...Solving Georgia's Affordable Housing Crisis Requires HOPE (VI) Georgia's Cities - 6/1/03 Renee Glover opines on the need to reauthorize HOPE VI in order to continue to provide affordable housing for Georgians. More ...Officials seek U.S. renewal of HOPE VI Chattanooga Times-Free Press - 5/17/03 Affordable housing advocates, among them Renee Glover, met in Washington on Friday to address Congress. The panelists spoke of the positive effects HOPE VI has had across the country and the need to continue the program. More ...Woman of the Year Nominee: Renee Lewis Glover Atlanta Woman magazine - 5/1/03 Since her involvement with AHA, Renee Glover has radically transformed some of Atlanta's most distressed communities. Her focus on improving homes and bettering lives has earned her the recognition of Atlanta Woman magazine, which has nominated her for Woman of the Year 2003. More ...Advocates try to save federal housing law Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/30/03 Renee Glover provided testimony to a U.S. House of Representatives Committee regarding the future of HOPE VI. She, along with other housing industry experts, stressed the total economic impact of the program, the importance of deconcentration of poverty, the advantages of public-private partnerships, and holistic community building - all possible through the HOPE VI program. More ...Housing rehab program too valuable for scrap heap Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/22/03 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution explains why fixing some of the complaints about the HOPE VI program rather than eliminating it is far more cost-effective. More ...Atlanta housing chief Glover remains dedicated to her job Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/7/03 Glover has become a national disciple on how to transform dilapidated public housing communities into vibrant mixed-income neighborhoods. She isn't letting the proposed elimination of HOPE VI interfere with her mission of providing affordable housing. More ...Funding to upgrade Atlanta's public housing imperiled Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/7/03 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reviews what HOPE VI has done for Atlanta. More ...The New East Lake - Another life: Once a violent pocket of poverty, area stands as a national model for a turnaround. Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/7/03 East Lake has successfully made the transition from once being dubbed "Little Vietnam" to becoming a vibrant, healthy community. More ...Tale of Two Murals Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/26/03 Two murals, valued at over $100,000 each, that depict "good" and "bad" effects of public housing, have been displayed at different sites, before recently settling at the High Museum. More ...Atlantans go to bat for housing funds Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/16/03 U.S. Congressmen are beginning to introduce legislation that will continue HOPE VI. More ...Don't destroy program that rebuilt East Lake Meadows Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/13/03 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution expresses its support for the HOPE VI program. The publication calls for more thoughtful deliberations on the program. More ...Public housing at a crossroads Christian Science Monitor - 3/12/03 Without the continuation of the HOPE VI program, public housing across the country is put in jeopardy. The Christian Science Monitor takes a look at how HOPE VI has changed the face of subsidized housing, and how these communities will again change without it. More ...NATIONAL NEWS: Bush slights public housing, Democratic senators say Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/5/03 Democrats are concerned over the Bush administration's recent decisions affecting affordable housing. President Bush has proposed not eliminate the HOPE VI program. More ...OUR OPINIONS: Keep housing program's funding Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 2/21/03 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution expresses its support for the HOPE VI program through its Opinions Page. More ...Loss of housing funds threatens city's plans Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 2/9/03 For the past ten years, cities across the country have benefitted from HOPE VI, the federal government's program dedicated to revitalizing the nation's most distressed communities. President Bush has proposed to eliminate the program altogether, putting the future of urban revitalization in jeopardy. More ...City to lose housing funds - U.S. budget ends funds for project rehabs Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 2/5/03 The President's proposed budget eliminates the HOPE VI program, which for ten years helped revitalize Atlanta's most distressed neighborhoods. More ...Beyond Past Failures Winston Salem-Journal - 1/20/03 The Villages of East Lake serve as a model for Winston-Salem. The city is looking to develop mixed-income communities and work with the private sector. More ...New year brings a realignment of power Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 1/13/03 Renee Glover is included among the most powerful people in metro Atlanta in Georgia for the New Year. More ...Golf club turns old landfill green Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 12/30/02 With green space at a premium, West Highlands is among the new developments across the nation transforming closed landfills into beautiful recreational areas. A Jack Nicklaus-designed 18-hole golf course will be built in the NW Atlanta development. More ...Turning the tide of public housing The Story - 12/19/02 West Highlands, the Atlanta Housing Authority's latest development, showcases the success of public-private partnerships. The result is a mixed-income community to be located in NW Atlanta, spanning over 450 acres and totaling over $400 million in investment. More ...Man Bites Dog: Government Does Good National Academy of Public Administration - 12/1/02 Governing magazine's Public Official of the Year awards, focused on heroic achievers in state and local government. More ...Planned community may bring new life to stagnant corner of city Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 11/11/02 The Atlanta Housing Authority is ready to break ground at West Highlands, the site of the former Perry Homes. More ...Mainstream Maestro Governing Magazine - 11/1/02 Renee Lewis Glover wins Governing Magazine's Public Official of Year 2002 Award by reintegrating public housing residents with the community. More ...Enrollment drops at schools near housing project rehabs Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/17/02 AHA's relocation process has affected enrollment throughout Atlanta public schools. Although in the short term, enrollment drops, in the long term schools will greatly benefit from the rebuilding of AHA's communities. More ...Opinions vary on privatized housing management Atlanta Business Chronicle - 10/4/02 Private management has helped make AHA more efficient. More ...Simms becomes new Housing Authority aide Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 8/8/02 Barney Simms, community leader for more than 30 years, is joining the Atlanta Housing Authority to improve community relations. More ...Northwest renewal project to get revamp Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/29/02 Changes for Gun Club Park may alter master plans for the West Highlands development. More ...Break cycle of eternal poverty Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/16/02 Jim Wooten, Associate Editorial Page Editor, commends AHA for transforming national housing policy. More ...'Great common sense' Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/15/02 Renee Lewis Glover has earned praise nationwide for transforming run-down complexes into mixed-income communities. More ...Bush Calls Transformed Area a Model Program for Housing The New York Times - 6/18/02 President Bush highlights Pryor Road Corridor as an exemplary revitalized community. More ...Mixed-Income Homes: Housing Project Winning Praise Associated Press - 6/18/02 The Villages at Carver have earned Presidential praise. President George W. Bush visits the site to congratulate its success and celebrate homeownership opportunities. More ...Carver Homes renewal spreads Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/16/02 President Bush's visit to Atlanta will focus on the success of Pryor Road corridor, a revitalized area of the city that began with the redevelopment of Carver Homes, a once-dilapidated AHA property. More ...Housing authority chief gets Ford award Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 6/12/02 Renee Lewis Glover is nationally recognized for her work through the Women in Government Award, given by Good Housekeeping magazine and the Ford Foundation. More ...Atlanta Housing Authority takes marketing online with new website Georgia's Cities - 6/1/02 AHA's revamped website offers increased functionality and online resources. The relaunch has brought 2,000 new visitors to the site per week. More ...Women who've changed our lives Good Housekeeping magazine - 6/1/02 Renee Lewis Glover is one of ten women in the nation to receive the Women in Government Award. The Award is given by the Ford Foundation and Good Housekeeping magazine. More ...Public housing sites court customers Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 5/7/02 AHA adopts on-site leasing, which allows its residents to choose where to live for the first time in history. Cutomers can research housing options online, and subsequently apply for residency in person at each site's own leasing office. More ...Court ends government-sponsored chaos The Washington Times - 4/25/02 Renee Lewis Glover affirms the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the 'One Strike You're Out' policy. More ...Atlanta leads in turning slums to gems Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/26/02 Jim Wooten, Associate Editorial Page Editor, looks at AHA's transformation of public housing, including mixed-income communities and the holistic approach to building communities. West Highlands will be AHA's next big development. More ...Techwood turnaround: Centennial Place takes the sting out of the low-income stigma Creative Loafing - 2/6/02 Today this once predominantly black enclave has been transformed into Centennial Place, a residential complex that is host to a variety of races, ethnicities and income levels. More ...Upscale Ashley Courts another coup for AHA Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 1/8/02 The revitalized Kimberly Courts is now the upscale Ashley Courts at Cascade. More ...Atlanta renewal replacing eyesores Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/30/01 The revitalization of Capitol Gateway will be a five-year, $144 million project that starts with federal dollars and tax credits and leverages private financing. More ...Mixed-income project to replace Capitol Homes Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/19/01 AHA plans for Capitol Homes to be revitalized into a thriving community within the next five years. More ...AHA's newest vision: 'Georgetown of the South' Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/12/01 Capitol Homes will be designed to become the 'Georgetown of the South.' More ...Developers hope to swing Perry Homes-to-golf transition Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 3/12/01 Plans for the revitalized Perry Homes include an 18 -hole golf course. More ...Mixed-use urban village going up $145 million plan to transform Carver Homes Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 11/23/00 Ground breaking at Carver Homes is beginning the revitalization of the entire Pryor Road Corridor. More ...Building a solid foundation: Executive Spotlight, Renee Lewis Glover Atlanta Business Chronicle - 7/19/00 Renee Lewis Glover is creating healthy communities throughout Atlanta. Her background and motivation has turned some of the city's worst neighborhoods around. More ...Perry Homes' revival next on AHA's list Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/17/00 Perry Homes is the next redevelopment planned for AHA. More ...AHA may redevelop Capitol Homes: Location is a motivator Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/20/00 The aging Capitol Homes in southeast Atlanta may become the latest beneficiary of redevelopment fever sweeping the nation's public housing. More ...Blighted housing project could become site of 462-acre community with golf course Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 4/1/00 The ambitious plan for West Highlands is underway. More ...East Palo Atlo poor driven out by boom: Home prices soar out of reach Bee Capital Bureau - 1/25/00 Middle-class homeowners move to East Palo Alto because of the revitalizations done to the community. More ...The Villages of East Lake: Hope from Ground Up urban model Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/17/99 The Villages of East Lake, a mixed-income community that replaced a beleagured housing project, focuses on spiritual and economic growth. More ...Conversions that work: Housing Authority looking to build on early successes Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 9/17/99 Jim Wooten, Associate Editorial Page Editor, praises AHA for its efforts in returning public housing to its intended purpose, transitional housing. More ...'College town' planned on Harris Homes site A $35 million grant will help fund the project, expected to spark a wider revitalization Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 9/2/99 A $35 million grant will help fund the project, expected to spark a wider revitalization. More ...Harris Homes no longer forgotten: With $35 million grant, Atlanta will team up with Spelman and Morehouse to transform Public Housing area Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 8/31/99 Harris Homes public housing community and neighboring area is in for a $90 million revitalization. The project is the result of a historic partnership between the Atlanta Housing Authority, Spelman College, Morehouse College andthe Morehouse School of Medicine. More ...Housing agency tries new tact removing stigma Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 5/13/99 With revitalized communities such as the Village of Castleberry Hill, AHA is changing the image of public housing communities. More ...Plum for East Lake: Community's rejuvenation will extend to education Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 2/16/99 Education has become a focus at the revitalized East Lake community. More ...The Redevelopment of Distressed Public Housing: Early Results from Hope VI Projects in Atlanta, Chicago and San Anotonio Open Society Institute and New York University - 1/1/99 The redevelopment of distressed public housing under the Urban Revitalization Demonstration Program, or Hope VI, has laudable social, physical, community and economic goals. More ...Projects to bring housing, shopping, jobs Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/22/98 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution breaks down plans for Pryor Road Corridor by cost and employment opportunities. More ...A Closer Look At Mixed Income Housing Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - 1/1/97 A new approach to mixed-income housing is being done here in Atlanta.A New Mixed-Income Village for Downtown Atlanta New York Times - 11/27/96 Low\-income homes in Atlanta, Techwood Homes and Clark Howell Homes, are revamped into mixed-income communities. More ...Demanding the best, ready to move in, up at Centennial Place the Housing Authority makes a foray into public-private partnerships to change the shape of public housing Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/27/96 Making history at Techwood - The first tenants will begin moving into Centennial Place Nov. 1 when the initial units of the mixed-income community opens as a replacement for Techwood Homes, the nation's oldest public housing development. More ...A new way to live: New apartments will have both poor and affluent residents Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/27/96 Now, 18 months after demolition began on more than 1,000 apartments at Techwood and the neighboring Clark Howell apartments, the site is being converted to a quality mixed-income apartment community. More ...Housing authority receives $46 million Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/6/96 Atlanta receives part of the $716 million in HOPE VI funds to be distributed nationwide by HUD. More ...AHA to begin talks to redevelop housing, developers tentatively picked for two projects Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 8/29/96 The $56 million redevelopment of the John Hope and John Eagan Homes public housing communities will move a step closer this week in choosing private developers for the two ventures. More ...Leasing near at new Techwood, private project on site of first U.S. public housing reportedly drawing inquiries Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 8/15/96 Centennial Place is preparing to start leasing its first set of apartments. More ...Renee Glover, two years later Atlanta Business Chronicle - 7/12/96 Renee Glover works hard to get rid of low-income housing and replace it with a mixed income community. More ...LUCC regional meeting provides learning opportunity National Association of Counties - The focus for the this year's Large Urban County Caucus regional meeting was community revitalization and the sustained growth of metropolitan counties. More ...Saved by Hope VI Affordable Housing Finance - Housing developers Columbia Residential, LLC. assist the Atlanta Housing Authority revitalize Perry Homes public housing. More ... |