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In Gulch deal, city shortchanged itself with low opt-out fees for affordable housing

Get our free weekly newsletter on important housing and democracy news every Thursday. Instead, Centennial Yards chose to pay the city of Atlanta roughly $8 million — or about $132,000 per unit — in ...
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City Council approves oversight for Housing Trust Fund

City Council approves oversight for Housing Trust Fund The Atlanta City Council on Monday unanimously approved legislation to ...
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Teamsters rally against Home Depot on May Day, as hundreds join Atlanta march

That followed an International Brotherhood of Teamsters rally outside Home Depot’s Atlanta headquarters earlier on May Day to ...
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Atlanta City Council president’s first town hall served up a buffet of city liaisons

Part Atlanta government expo and part Q&A, the two-hour event connected Atlantans to the right offices for their concerns ...
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What you need to know about the judicial races on your ballot

Every voter in the midterm primary election will see nonpartisan judicial races on their ballot, no matter whether you select ...
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How Atlanta spends its housing trust fund is murky. New legislation seeks transparency.

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Early voting is open. Here’s everything you need.

Early primary voting is underway. Early voting started yesterday for the May 19 primary elections. On the ballot are ...
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City council advances firefighter pay-raise bill, amid union contract dispute with city

Atlanta City Councilmember Wayne Martin introduced legislation Monday directing the city “to provide for equitable and ...