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22 Cities, Including Atlanta, Deliver Clear Message Regarding HUD Cuts Today

Today tenant leaders along with members of the Housing Justice League delivered a letter to HUD’s regional office in Atlanta in protest of potential cuts to the HUD budget.Atlanta is already in the...

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Residents Fight for their Communities and Offer Solutions

This morning Southside residents of Atlanta and Housing Justice League members and supporters delivered a new report to City Hall showing gentrification and displacement from BeltLine development in...

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Stanton Oaks Tenants Rally Outside their Complex After Safety Concerns go...

 Stanton Oaks Tenant Association, a member organization of Housing Justice League, held a rally on January 24 that was successful in getting the owners of their apartment complex to promise to...

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#BeltLine4All Campaign Holds First in a Series of Popular Education Workshops

On February 8, Housing Justice League’s BeltLine for All campaign held the first of four workshops in our BeltLine for All popular education workshop series. The workshop took place at Heritage Station...

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ATL Tenants Fight Back Against Trump's Proposed HUD Cuts

On International Worker’s Day (Tuesday May 1) Housing Justice League members and supporters rallied  outside Senator David Perdue’s office at a main intersection in Buckhead to protest Donald Trump’s...

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Our truth, Our Power – The South Atlanta Listening Project

The growing number of luxury high-rises and trendy restaurants may give the impression of increasing prosperity, however Atlanta continues to be one of the worst cities in the country for income...

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From Atlanta to DC

 Earlier this month we had the opportunity to travel to Washington DC with tenant leaders from the Housing Justice League for the National Alliance of HUD Tenants(NAHT) national convention. This has...

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Peoplestown Residents Win Retrial After Presenting New Evidence

Peoplestown Residents Returned to Court With  Evidence of City’s Unlawful Use of Eminent Domain to Displace Longterm Residents of Peoplestown...

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Stand with the Transit Equity Coalition, and help us demand a fair MARTA Expan

MARTA is finally expanding. But for the most part, efforts at collecting public input through the More MARTA program have been relatively low-key – it’s safe to say that the majority of Atlantans have...

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Darlington Tenants Fight as They Face Displacement

Monday, September 17,  at the Darlington Apartment Complex in Buckhead tenants and community allies held a rally to shine a light on their inhumane treatment by landlord Trace McCreary of Varden...

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TOP 10 REASONS WHY THE GULCH PROJECT IS A SHAM FOR ATLANTA

TOP 10 REASONS WHY ATLANTA'S GULCH DEAL IS BAD FOR THE CITY'S FUTURE1. Public cost is 55 times the public benefit. This is a grossly disproportionate cost/benefit in CIM’s favor. Council has done well...

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Redlight The Gulch Coalition Responds to Mayor/CIM's Revised Gulch Deal

Click here to read the full independent review of the Gulch project Tak Action: Housing Justice League will be holding a community canvass to educate Atlanta residents this Saturday at 12:30pm. Click...

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URGENT ACTION: Redlight The Gulch!

URGENT ACTION: This Monday City Council will vote to approve or deny the Gulch development plan and we need to show up in force to demand that they VOTE NO! Join us for a #RedlightTheGulch rally before...

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Redlight The Gulch Coalition Weighs in on Norfolk Southern Ultimatum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 2, 2018STATEMENT FROM “REDLIGHT THE GULCH COALITION”ON NORFOLK SOUTHERN ULTIMATUMNorfolk Southern’s CEO says that unless his company can make a big profit on its land in...

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Labor & Community Unite to Redlight the Gulch on MLK's Birthday

Today on the steps of Atlanta's city hall organized labor joined community groups on the Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr to appeal to the Mayor and other city leaders who often invoke the name of Dr...

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The Forest Cove Youth Leadership Program

Forest Cove is a 398-unit Section 8 apartment complex in southeast Atlanta. In early 2018, a group of tenants reached out to Housing Justice League for help organizing to achieve better living...

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People of Atlanta Join January 25 Global Day of Action Against War with Iran

In over 150 cities—from Mobile, Alabama to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from Yerevan, Armenia to Kampala, Uganda—people around the world were in the streets on today, January 25 to send a clear message to the...

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Mayor Bottom's Troubling Behavior Pattern

In response to flooding resulting from over development and neglect, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed decided that 27 homes in Peoplestown, a historically black neighborhood of in Atlanta needed to be...

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March 16, 2020 Dear Chief Magistrate Judge Kirk and Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Court Tina Robinson, On Friday March 13, the Magistrate Court of Fulton County declared a Judicial Emergency in an...

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Tresletree Resident's Fight Back Against Illegal Harassment in Atlanta

Uninhabitable living conditions including mold and raw sewage, constant threats of eviction over petty lease violations, ignored maintenance requests, and constant harassment from onsight management...

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How landlords are getting richer off of late fees and rental assistance

 By Jay Ahmed, ATLEJ Home Defender  Two things have happened over the last 6 months: 61 ultra-wealthy billionaire landlords saw their wealth increase by $24.4 billion, and I worked as an Enrollment...

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Biden Fails to Keep Life Saving Promise in His First 100 Days

  Yesterday healthcare and global justice advocates gathered to protest President Biden’s drive-in rally in Atlanta celebrating his first 100 days. The demand is that he commit to providing global...

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Peoplestown Residents Facing Eviction Fight Back

 Peoplestown residents, Bertha and Robert Darden, Tanya Washington, Ms. Mattie Jackson and her family and Dwayne Adgar, have been fighting to stay in their homes for more than 8 years.  Two of the...

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Forest Cove Victory -- We Won Rent Cancellation!

On Tuesday, February 22, Forest Cove residents and allies were thrilled to learn that Millennia— the long-time manager and new owner of the 396-unit Section 8 apartment complex—had agreed to cancel...

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Landlord Breaks Promise to Sell Home to 27 Year Tenant After Community...

 What: Press Conference to Save Ms. Juliet's HomeWhen: Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m.Where: 3529 Misty Valley Rd Decatur GAPlease join us tomorrow at a press conference and neighborhood meeting at the...

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