affordable housing

Non-profit sheds light on property tax issue

The Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership is taking on the foreclosure crisis one ZIP code at a time. The non-profit group — part developer, policy researcher and lender — wants metro Atlanta residents to have access to affordable housing at every income level. That has always been its mission, said John O’Callaghan, president of ANDP. “Our [...]

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Unraveling the Mystery of ‘Affordable’ Housing

Affordable to whom? That question lies at the heart of any discussion of affordable housing, but it can also transform a debate over issues like planning, development and community to an argument over definitions. There is, of course, the government definition, which declares housing affordable if it consumes no more than a third of a [...]

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