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Leverage the Learning

On September 25, 2003, AHA and HUD executed AHA's Moving to Work agreement. The agreement allows AHA to replace federal rules with policies and a business plan tailored specifically to address long-standing problems in Atlanta's public housing based on lessons learned and best practices developed during the last decade.

The plan has been strengthened through extensive consultation with AHA customers, the private and business sectors, and other stakeholders and through the approval process of AHA's Board of Commissioners.

CATALYSTBuilding strong communities

In the mid-‘90s, AHA pioneered the revitalization of neighborhoods by transforming public housing projects into mixed-use, market-rate, mixed-income communities. AHA's approach to revitalization has:

  1. brought communities and neighborhoods back to life
  2. established an environment to create superb, high performing neighborhood schools
  3. created an environment to facilitate additional economic development and private investment
  4. restored the social contract by providing a bridge to mainstream America

Now, AHA intends to build on lessons learned to address the remaining public housing developments. AHA's revitalization and community building process is based on four guiding principles:

  1. deconcentrating poverty
  2. utilizing private sector “know-how” and market principles
  3. community building (housing and neighborhood schools, recreation, commercial and retail)
  4. raising standards of personal responsibility and accountability

Our objective is to eliminate forever distressed public housing projects in the city of Atlanta, and replace them with vibrant mixed-use, market-rate, mixed-income communities.

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