Atlanta's affordable housing crisis is potentially getting a $200M boost, backed in part by major donations from charity groups, to help achieve Mayor Andre Dickens' goal of building or preserving 20,000 affordable housing units by 2030. During a Tuesday morning press conference, Dickens and leaders of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta announced that the city and the nonprofit would each contribute $100M toward a proposed affordable housing opportunity fund. The Community Foundation's part was raised from donation commitments from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation and the Joseph B.… Read the full story here. |