The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on Monday shattered a 104-year-old racial barrier by naming Raphael W. Bostic as its new president. Mr. Bostic, an economist and a former housing policy official in the Obama administration, will become the first African-American to lead any of the Fed’s 12 regional reserve banks, and just the fourth…
Georgia ACT members can receive $100 off the early-bird registration rate for People & Places 2017, which lifts local solutions to a national stage. It’s a great opportunity to connect with placemakers from different regions, cultures, and national networks. View the content outline to see how the themes and content relate to your 2017 goals. You’ll connect…
National experts from the Housing Trust Fund Project of the Center for Community Change conducted a half-day communications training in Atlanta on November 1. Trainers Katy Heins and Michael Anderson provided insight learned from decades of research about the effectiveness of values based messaging and presented examples of how aligned messages and messengers have been…
Community Organizations Celebrate Fifth Third Bank’s $30 Billion Community Development Plan Atlanta, Ga. – Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc. commends the $30 billion Community Development Plan announced by Fifth Third Bank today. The Plan was developed in an agreement between Fifth Third and members and allies of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), which…
Neither Fannie nor Freddie purchased enough mortgage loans to meet their low- or very-low income home purchase goals. View Report Here
Enterprise Community Partners, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, and Georgia ACT have launched the Atlanta Affordable Housing Preservation Challenge. The Preservation Challenge is an idea competition to generate innovative, implementable proposals that will help preserve affordable housing in the Atlanta region and throughout Georgia’s urban centers. This competition is open to all stakeholders with…
A newly released report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition highlights some of the alarming wait times for federal housing assistance and why expanded housing resources are so critical for our vulnerable populations. Housing Spotlight: The Long Wait for a Home
From NLIHC – Over the past five years, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) has launched criminal justice reform efforts that have made Georgia an exemplar in reentry innovation and recidivism reduction. Housing advocates have mobilized around Governor Deal’s initiatives and have used the momentum from his efforts to push for housing programs targeted towards reducing…
Georgia ACT joins Make Room, CHCDF, NLIHC and many other housing leaders and advocates demanding that the incoming Administration and Congress make affordable housing a priority. We’re sending 1 million messages to Congress to make sure our voices are heard loud and clear. Learn more about the campaign and pledge your support here.
From AJC.com – A watchdog arm of the Treasury Department announced plans to audit the implementation of a federal program created to aid homeowners struggling with their mortgages in Georgia, with an eye toward determining whether minority neighborhoods have been properly served. The federal watchdog said it will hone in on three Atlanta-area counties — DeKalb, Fulton and Clayton…