Housing Leadership Academy

Notice: New Program Name

The Local Leadership Housing Action Committee is now known as the Housing Leadership Assembly

The members recognize that each jurisdiction faces different challenges that will require their own tailored solutions, and that external factors outside their control, such as economic trends, may affect outcomes.

HLA Commitments

Members make commitments to be implemented after the committee concludes, and through these commitments pledge to work with their community leadership to explore steps that are designed to:

Deepen understanding of local housing issues and policies. This may include conducting a housing study to develop affordable housing priorities and strategies to understand barriers.
Increase local governments’ capacity to address housing issues, such as adding housing-specific staff positions, increasing professional development for existing staff, and creating cross-sector teams to collaborate on housing issues.
Increase local resources dedicated to developing and supporting housing, such as providing funding through budgets, tax abatements, or bonds.
Engage in local, state, and federal efforts to address housing challenges.
Partner with public, private, and nonprofit organizations to foster housing solutions.
Educate residents about housing issues and build support for potential solutions.

Member communities can apply for ARC’s Housing Planning & Technical Assistance to help implement housing commitments. Partners play a vital advisory role, including the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP), Enterprise Community Partners, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Georgia Conservancy, and Urban Land Institute (ULI) Atlanta.