Sean Keenan

1 week ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Sean Keenan

When Trump administration officials abruptly canceled three book events about climate change, the civil rights movement, and homelessness at Atlanta’s Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in February, it spoke volumes about the administration’s plans to address — or not address — pressing social issues, like the nation’s deepening housing crisis. Local journalist Brian Goldstone was one of the affected writers.

2 weeks ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Sean Keenan

A plan to transform a low-rise retail strip just east of Piedmont Park into a dense, mixed-use complex with 1,100 apartments and about 150,000 square feet of new shops and offices has become the latest flashpoint in Atlanta’s ongoing debate over growth, transit, and housing affordability.

2 weeks ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Sean Keenan

On any given weekday morning, a line forms outside Crossroads Community Ministries downtown, made up of dozens of Atlantans seeking a lifeline from homelessness. Since President Donald Trump took office three months ago, that line has only gotten longer, a reflection of how nonprofits like Crossroads are struggling to meet people’s critical needs for housing at a time when key federal partners are in disarray.

3 weeks ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Sean Keenan

As Atlanta keeps building to (try to) accommodate its exploding population, the lush, green tree canopy that earned it the “City in the Forest” nickname is steadily vanishing. Meanwhile, so are affordable housing units.

1 month 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.