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Mayor-backed bill would let AUDC develop Atlanta Public Schools land for affordable housing
Summary
An unidentified speaker said the mayor's strike force legislation would allow the Atlanta Urban Development Corporation to use nine vacant Atlanta Public Schools properties and city-directed funding via an IGA to build affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness and workforce residents.
An unidentified speaker, who said they were a former school board chair, described a mayor-backed "strike force" initiative aimed at addressing affordable housing and said proposed legislation would enable the Atlanta Urban Development Corporation to develop city-held parcels for housing.
"The strike force is the mayor's initiative to address affordable housing," the speaker said, adding that the legislation focuses on the Atlanta Urban Development Corporation, "which is the separate entity of publicly owned land." The speaker said some of the land at issue consists of "the 9 vacant properties that Atlanta Public Schools get turn to the city to develop affordable housing."
The speaker described how the funding mechanism would work: "So this legislation with the IGA allows that funding to go through the city and so the city can, you know, can transfer that funding to the development corporation to move forward with those projects," they said. The speaker said they were on the school board and "chaired the board at the time when we developed the AUDC in conjunction with the city," and that they are now working to assemble funding to begin projects.
If implemented as described, the measure would repurpose school-district-owned vacant parcels and use an intergovernmental agreement to channel city funding to the Atlanta Urban Development Corporation (AUDC) to deliver housing targeted at people experiencing homelessness and workforce households. The transcript records the number of sites as nine; no dollar amounts, timelines, specific project plans or votes were provided in the remarks.
The speaker framed the change as an opportunity for innovation in housing and affordability but did not state a formal vote, a date for decisions, or additional steps required for implementation in the provided remarks. The speaker said they were "really excited to be on the other side of this working now really kinda start pulling the funding together so we can do some great innovative things in housing and affordability for our city."
