Housing

Local Leadership Housing Action Committee (LLHAC)

Elected leaders meet over a one-year course to explore the region’s housing challenges and identify their leadership roles for affordable housing in their communities and Metro Atlanta.

Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy

An interactive digital toolkit that provides detailed information and data about the region’s housing market to the neighborhood level and offers a set of actionable steps local communities can take to address their housing challenges.

Atlanta Regional Housing Forum

A quarterly educational event designed to engage affordable housing and community development stakeholders from a broad cross-section of audiences.

Housing Planning and Technical Assistance

ARC offers a variety of planning activities and assistance for communities to understand and impact housing in the region.

Fostering Quality, Affordable Housing

Building from the regional vision of “One Great Region” and the vision and goals of CEDs, Housing in the Atlanta Region should promote economic resiliency and prosperity for all residents and communities in the region, reinforce equity, and support innovation.

To help implement this vision, the Atlanta Regional Commission assists the 11-County Economic Development District (EDD) in:

Housing planning and technical assistance including Local Comprehensive Planning, Community Development Assistance Program (CDAP) and Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) grants.
Data tools and resources developed for affordable housing in the region include the Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy, which includes data and strategies for each community in the region, and the Metro Atlanta Eviction Tracker.
Housing leadership and education includes the Local Leadership Housing Action Committee (LLHAC), the Regional Housing Task Force, and the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum.
Aging & Independence Services: Empowerline’s phone and online counselors link people with trusted community services — such as meals, transportation, resources to help care for a loved one, housing, assistance at home, and healthcare providers — to help them live their best lives.

Increasing the availability of quality, affordable housing will help the entire region thrive by providing a stable economy, better quality of life, greater opportunities for reduced inequality, and reduced traffic congestion.