MY VISION

My plan is to promote diversity of housing for our diverse community by building and preserving 20,000 units of affordable housing within the next 8 years. To achieve this, I will appoint a Chief Housing Officer with experience in building and preserving housing, and lead partnerships with the Atlanta Housing Authority to build affordable housing on various sites around town.

I also plan to incentivize amenity-driven, transit-oriented, and mixed-income development in underdeveloped parts of town, as well as increase housing options around transit stops. To streamline and consolidate building codes and avoid unnecessary costs passed on to renters, I propose development without displacement.

I want to provide provisions, incentives, and support for seniors and long-term residents, including freezing property taxes for seniors, ensuring fair and equitable tax abatements, increasing long-term affordability, expanding Community Land Trusts, and implementing the recommendations of HouseATL.

To achieve my mission work and not just profit work, I plan to allocate increased funding for affordable housing, including a $250 million affordable housing bond, $10 million in funding from the general fund each year, and $10 million in new annual funding from renewable sources.

I also propose incentivizing affordable housing development for deeper AMI, expanding the existing Inclusionary Zoning Policy citywide, and including wrap-around services in new affordable housing developments modeled after mixed-use developments. Lastly, I aim to make property tax exemptions for nonprofit developers automatic and create a recurring revenue source for affordable development by leveraging Catalytic Capital and Impact Investments.