Giving Tuesday! Donate to Georgia ACT Today!

People, Place, Policy Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc. (Georgia ACT) is a statewide membership organization of nonprofit housing and community development organizations. Our mission is to build and support a statewide network of thriving member organizations and train professionals engaged in housing and community development serving families with limited housing choices. Your giving to Georgia…

Kate Little receives the GCEO 2018 Freedom Award

On April 10, 2018, Immediate Past President & CEO of Georgia ACT, Kate Little, received the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity 2018 Freedom Award. Each year, the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity and Governor Nathan Deal presents the Freedom Award to a Georgia leader who has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to confront and eliminate discrimination…

Housing Day at the Capitol 2018 A Huge Success!

On Thursday, March 1, over 70 individuals representing non-profits, for-profits, and grassroots citizens attended Housing Georgia and Georgia ACT’s Annual Housing Day at the Capitol. Housing advocates, from as far away as Warner Robins and Valdosta, engaged Governor Nathan Deal, Georgia State Senate and House Representatives, and other elected officials on affordable housing issues and…

Housing Day at the Capitol 2018

Join Housing Georgia and Georgia ACT for Housing Day at the Capitol 2018! Raise Your Voice in Support of Affordable Housing for All Georgians! Housing Day at the Capitol 2018 will be on March 1, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Our location this year will be in the Old Council Chambers in Atlanta…

Press Release: Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Approved for BeltLine Overlay District and Westside Neighborhoods

MANDATORY INCLUSIONARY ZONING APPROVED FOR BELTLINE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS Contact: William McFarland, Tel.: (40) 586-0740 Email: wmcfarland@georgiaact.org  Website: www.georgiaact.org Georgia ACT joins affordable housing advocates and Atlanta residents in celebrating a truly historic moment in the struggle to provide affordable housing in the City of Atlanta – the recent adoption of mandatory inclusionary…

Georgia ACT Awarded Fifth Third Foundation Grant

Press Release Courtesy of The Fifth Third Foundation   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jewanna Gaither, VP, Regional Communications Manager 678.237.4379 Fifth Third Foundation Announces 2017 Strengthening Our Communities Fund Award Recipients   ATLANTA  – The Fifth Third Foundation has announced its 2017 Strengthening Our Communities (SOC) Fund grants for Georgia. The Fund awards grants to…

Georgia ACT Receives Grant from Metro Fair Housing Services

Georgia ACT recently received a grant from Metro Fair Housing Services to implement the Inclusive Communities Down Payment Assistance Program (ICDPA). The program provides low-to-moderate income individuals (with household income of 80 percent or less of area median income) with the opportunity to become homeowners in neighborhoods of color adversely affected by the foreclosure crisis:…