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Atlanta Civic Circle
atlantaciviccircle. org > 12/03/2025 > atlanta-city-council-school-board-runoff-election-2025

Atlanta City Council, school board candidates backed by mayor win runoffs " with one exception

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1102+ words) Mayor Andre Dickens" favored candidates, bar one, prevailed on Tuesday in Atlanta"s runoff elections, winning both of the open Atlanta City Council seats and two of three Atlanta Board of Education seats. For the city council races, Thomas Worthy…...

Atlanta Civic Circle
atlantaciviccircle. org > 12/03/2025 > atlanta-rapid-housing-debuts-trump-hud-cuts

City unveils 100-unit complex for unhoused Atlantans, as Trump cuts loom

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (445+ words) Mayor Andre Dickens on Wednesday unveiled 100 studio apartments that will provide permanent homes and supportive services for unhoused Atlantans, as part of the city's Rapid Housing Initiative. But the ribbon-cutting celebration at the newly built Waterworks Village, just west of…...

Atlanta Civic Circle
atlantaciviccircle. org > 12/02/2025 > atlanta-dickens-admin-guts-housing-trust-fund-restrictions

Atlanta City Council approves mayor's scaled-back Housing Trust Fund restrictions

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (889+ words) Mayor Andre Dickens" administration successfully gutted legislation to restrict how the city can spend its Affordable Housing Trust Fund, which received $19. 5 million from the city"s general fund this year. On Monday, the Atlanta City Council unanimously approved a watered-down…...

Atlanta Civic Circle
atlantaciviccircle. org > 10/22/2025 > matt-westmoreland-wants-to-fix-affordable-housing-trust-fund

Matt Westmoreland wants to fix Atlanta's Affordable Housing Trust Fund

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (901+ words) An Atlanta Civic Circle investigation in May found that the city of Atlanta was using most of its special housing trust fund to pay down housing-related bond debt and employee salaries, instead of creating new housing." Keep up with all…...