Sean Keenan
Reporter at Freelance
Housing Reporter at Atlanta Civic Circle
Journalist | @NYTimes, @AtlCivicCircle, @AtlantaMagazine, @TheDailyBeast, @Curbed, others
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1 week ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Sean Keenan
Atlanta Housing (AH) CEO Terri Lee struck an optimistic chord at the first-ever State of Atlanta Housing address on Tuesday, touting a surge of affordable housing projects that AH has built, is building, or has in its development pipeline. The city of Atlanta is over halfway done producing and preserving the 20,000 units of affordable housing that Mayor Andre Dickens promised on the 2020 campaign trail, Lee said.
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2 weeks ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon |Claire Becknell |Sean Keenan
It wasn’t the usual late-night lawmaking frenzy under the Gold Dome for Sine Die on Friday. The Georgia legislature passed the state’s annual budget — $38 billion this year — in the morning and adjourned relatively early on April 5, the last day of the 2025 legislative session. The Senate wrapped up around 9:15 p.m., and the House concluded just over an hour later.
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2 weeks ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon |Sean Keenan
A Georgia judge will soon rule in a major press-freedom case that could clarify to what extent private groups doing government business are subject to the state’s open records laws.
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2 weeks ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Sean Keenan
A bill requiring many out-of-state landlords to employ at least one in-state staffer to handle tenant complaints is bound for Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk. House Bill 399’s passage last week marks a minor win for affordable housing advocates. They celebrated that the law will increase landlord accountability, but cautioned that it could also lead to retaliation against lower-income tenants who raise concerns about living conditions. Authored by Rep.
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2 weeks ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Sean Keenan
Legislation that would make it easier for hotel managers to eject long-term guests failed to get a Senate vote before the end of Georgia’s 2025 legislative session — but lawmakers are likely to try passing House Bill 61 next year.
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