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In 2008 and 2009, respondents were asked if they encountered a problem in getting assistance from AHA to relocate; 70% and 69% respectively said that this was not a problem. Regarding the difficulty in finding an apartment that was affordable, 56%, 61%, and 67% in the respective years said that this was not a problem. Regarding the difficulty of finding an apartment in a safe neighborhood the respective responses indicating that this is not a problem were 34%, 40%, and 51%. The responses to this question indicated that householders had the greatest difficulty in this area. Finding an apartment that was big enough to accommodate the household size was one of the least difficult challenges: 70%, 64%, and 72% indicated that this was not a problem. The general feeling was that the requirement to relocate from the Grady was initially stressful and challenging. In the beginning only a very small percentage openly embraced the opportunity to move; those persons who did felt that the revitalization of Grady afforded them an option to relocate to a safer, quieter and more wholesome environment for their kids. But the overwhelming majority of householders were initially uncertain about the future as a result of the demolition of Grady Homes. Residents who lived at Grady for some time indicated that they enjoyed the sense of community and the convenience, i.e. living within walking distance to the hospital, stores, work, and/or MARTA. However, by 2004 Grady had become a very dangerous environment in which to live. The environment was usually very noisy and there were regular shootouts among drug dealers. Householders indicated that AHA gave them an option regarding the type of housing assistance they received upon leaving Grady and about 90% chose housing vouchers. More than one half of the householders indicated that when they initially relocated from Grady, they wanted to return once the property was revitalized. However, as time passed and they had the experience of using housing vouchers, about two thirds of the householders no longer wanted to move back to the revitalized property. They felt that housing vouchers gave 10 | P a g e
them much more flexibility to choose where they wanted to live and about 2-in- 10 had secured a rental house, which they liked a great deal. Most householders indicated that they had very good and committed relocation advisors and family support specialist. A minority of householders moved into properties that that were foreclosed within months - they noted that the landlords tried to hide, from AHA inspectors, the physical and financial condition of the property. As a result, a surprising number of interviewees had to make multiple moves, which proved to be more challenging because they did not have the same resources and assistance available to them as during the first move out of Grady. While most participants greatly missed the strong sense of community they had at Grady, overall they felt that the environments of the new rental were much better than the environment at Grady Homes and they were glad that they made the move. 11 | P a g e
Page 1 and 2: FINAL REPORT Impact of the Mixed-In
Page 3 and 4: Executive Summary Public housing in
Page 5 and 6: Finding 2 Evidence Finding 3 Eviden
Page 7 and 8: Finding 4 Evidence Average rent pai
Page 9: who received housing vouchers had o
Page 13 and 14: Comparing Grady to other communitie
Page 15 and 16: Section 1 Purpose and Background Pu
Page 17 and 18: In exchange for MTW designation, HU
Page 19 and 20: Total 48 48 71 These radical change
Page 21 and 22: Section 2 AHA’s Rationale for Rev
Page 23 and 24: During focus group interviews, long
Page 25 and 26: AHA’s Mixed-income Revitalization
Page 27 and 28: Figure 6 Veranda at Auburn Pointe,
Page 29 and 30: To be eligible to move back into a
Page 31 and 32: Section 3 Grady Revitalization Mast
Page 33 and 34: the city. The development was also
Page 35 and 36: Section 4 Methodology and Definitio
Page 37 and 38: Antoine Graves Annex (Graves Annex)
Page 39 and 40: 39 | P a g e repeated measurements
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Page 53 and 54: single-family home was $193,095 and
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Page 59 and 60: Figure 30b CHANGE IN TYPE OF ASSIST
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Section 7 Change in the Indicators
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Figure 34 HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR ALL
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Figure 37 AVERAGE RENT PAYMENTS FOR
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Figure 40 Figure 41 AVERAGE PUBLIC
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Section 8 Impact of CATALYST on Emp
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Figure 44 Figure 44 EMPLOYMENT RATE
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Figure 46 AVERAGE HOURS WORKED PER
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public assistance have a much lower
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Correlated Data Summary Number of L
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Tests of Model Effects Type III Wal
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Figure 51 EARNINGS OF HOUSEHOLDERS
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Other Services Rehabilitation and C
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Figure 51 Figure 52 NEIGHBORHOOD PO
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percent of the population with only
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89 | P a g e Map 1: Location of Ori
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Poverty Deconcentration One effecti
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Figure 58 POVERTY RATE OF ORIGIN AN
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clearly how these families made a s
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MAP 6 Map 7 illustrates that in 201
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the CAI scores at the point of orig
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Householders who are in a Port Out
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Case Processing Summary N Percent C
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o In 2009 there were 84 HOHs who pa
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A minority of householders moved in
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A majority of persons moved out of
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Total Participants 97 94 69 Partici
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Figure 63 Number of Years since Mov
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Regarding the difficulty of finding
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Figures 68, 69 and 70 record indivi
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Figures 71, 72, and 73 record respo
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Figures 74 and 75 record responses
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Figure 77 Feeling about Children's
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4. When you first heard you had to
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4. What other kind of help did you
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participants who have moved multipl
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• Apartments: too small, mold/mil
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o Assigned counselor Housing enviro
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11.20.08 13h Demolition and mov
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Most of the participants reported r
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environment. However, householders
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