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City of Atlanta Receives National Recognition for Building Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens

he City of Atlanta announced today that City Lights, a new senior housing development which the Department of Planning and Community Development Office of Housing contributed $300,000 in federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds to help complete, received GOLD status for 2016 Best 55+ Affordable Rental Community by the National Association of Builders (NAHB). The award was presented recently during the NAHB International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. The annual program recognizes excellence and innovation in the design, development, lifestyle and marketing of housing.

Mayor Kasim Reed Announces Unanimous Vote of Atlanta Housing Authority Board to Approve Land...

Mayor Kasim Reed announced today that the Atlanta Housing Authority’s (AHA) Board of Commissioners has voted unanimously to approve an amendment to its Fiscal Year 2016 Moving to Work Plan. The amendment authorizes the transfer of land from AHA to the City of Atlanta, which will enable the City to deliver a tract of land to the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) under the terms of the recent agreement concerning the Atlanta BeltLine. The agreement requires the transfer of a parcel of land from the City of Atlanta to APS.

Register Vacant Property: It’s The Law

Under Article VI of the Housing Code, The City of Atlanta’s Code Enforcement Section of the Atlanta Police Department requires that all vacant properties be registered. Owners have 60 days from the date in which the property becomes vacant to register the property, 90 days to register a transferred vacant property. Registration is $100.00 per vacant real property.

Rep. Loudermilk Supports Plaintiffs Against EPA in Clean Power Plan Case

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) has issued the following statement on Congressional Republicans’ amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in support of the plaintiffs in State of West Virginia et al v. EP

Carter Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Halt President’s War on Coal

Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (Ga-01) released the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to halt a controversial energy rule proposed in the Obama Administration’s climate agenda:

EPA Hosts Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group Meeting in Atlanta to address Concerns in...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Meeting (EJ IWG) on Thursday, February 18, 2016 in the Sam Nunn Federal Building in Atlanta, GA. The EJ IWG will bring together a host of federal, state, and local agencies, along with community residents and other key stakeholders to specifically focus on issues affecting the North Birmingham area

Households Should Be Prepared, Winterize Your Pipes

The frigid weather entering the region and lasting through the weekend makes household pipes and WSSC pipes – especially the older ones -- vulnerable to breaks and leaks

U.S. Supreme Court Halts EPA’s Unlawful Power Plan

Attorney General Sam Olens offered the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court decision blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing its illegal and unprecedented Power Plan until the court challenge concludes.

Mayor Kasim Reed Celebrates the Groundbreaking of New Residential Housing in the Heart of...

Mayor Kasim Reed today joined Post Properties President and CEO Dave Stockert, Invest Atlanta President and CEO Dr. Eloisa Klementich, CEcD and Atlanta City Councilmember Cleta Winslow to celebrate the groundbreaking of Post Centennial Park, Atlanta’s first downtown apartment property built in the past 20 years for young professionals and families.

Two Georgia Real Estate Investors Indicted for Bid Rigging and Bank Fraud at Public...

A federal grand jury in Atlanta charged in separate indictments two real estate investors with bid rigging and bank fraud related to public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Justice Department announced today

CONGRESSMAN SANFORD BISHOP WELCOMES HALT OF U.S. ARMY CORPS MINOR WATER WITHDRAWALS RULE

Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02) welcomed the U.S. Army Corps’ South Atlantic Division (SAD) announcement of the suspension of the new policy change prohibiting minor water withdrawals from lakes across the division, including Lake Seminole and Walter F George Lake. Congressman Bishop inquired about the rule in response to shared concerns from his constituents in Southwest Georgia

Mayor Kasim Reed Celebrates Opening of Switchyards Downtown Club

Mayor Kasim Reed joined co-founders Michael Tavani and Dave Payne, Invest Atlanta President and CEO Dr. Eloisa Klementich, and more than 100 entrepreneurs yesterday for the opening of Switchyards Downtown Club, Atlanta's newest startup hub and the only business-to-consumer startup hub in the Southeast.

AFTER REP. COLLINS’ CRITICISM, CORPS REVERSES IRRIGATION BAN POLICY

Congressman Doug Collins issued the following statement after a call with Brigadier General Turner of the Corps South Atlantic Division. During the call, General Turner announced the Corps would suspend implementation of a previous policy decision related to shore line management plans. This policy, instituted by the Corps on January 1, 2016, changed decades old precedent by prohibiting property owners from withdrawing water for irrigation

Georgia Department of Community Affairs to accept applications for Housing Choice Voucher wait list...

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) announced today that the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, or Section 8, waiting list preliminary application period will be open Feb. 1-7 through an online system.

Rep. Tom Graves Votes to Sink EPA Water Rule

Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) today voted for and the House passed a resolution (S.J. Res. 22) that rescinds the EPA’s “Waters of the United States” rule and prohibits similar rules in the future. The resolution passed the Senate in November and will now be sent to the president’s desk

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Mayor Kasim Reed Advances $380 Million in New Transportation Infrastructure Spending...

Mayor Kasim Reed announced today that the Atlanta City Council has voted 13 to 1 to approve a measure to put a special local option sales tax (TSPLOST) referendum on the November ballot to fund transportation related infrastructure projects throughout the City of Atlanta. The ballot referendum will ask Atlanta voters to authorize a 0.4 percent sales tax increase for a five-year period. The TSPLOST is projected to generate approximately $260 million, which will be leveraged to generate additional matching funds.

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