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Atlanta Housing - Georgia Institute of Technology

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Figure 5 Type <strong>of</strong> AHA <strong>Housing</strong> Assistance in 2010<br />

Number %<br />

Mixed-income: Family <strong>Housing</strong> 2,286 13.0%<br />

PBRA: Family <strong>Housing</strong> 950 5.4%<br />

LIPH: Family <strong>Housing</strong> 90 .5%<br />

HCV: Tenant-based 10,498 59.5%<br />

Family Assistance Subtotal 13,824 78.4%<br />

Mixed-income: Elderly 301 1.7%<br />

PBRA: Elderly 1,036 5.9%<br />

LIPH: Elderly 1,936 11.0%<br />

Elderly Assistance Subtotal 3,273 18.6%<br />

Special Needs Properties 532 3.0%<br />

Total 17,629 100.0%<br />

On October 25, 2005, the <strong>Housing</strong> Authority <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>of</strong> <strong>Atlanta</strong> (AHA) was selected by the US<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Housing</strong> and Urban Development (HUD) to receive a $20 million award out <strong>of</strong><br />

funds appropriated under the Urban Revitalization Demonstration Program (better known as<br />

the HOPE VI). The award was designed to assist AHA’s plan to demolish Grady Homes and<br />

create a mixed-income/mixed-use community in its place.<br />

Figure 6 is a 2010 depiction <strong>of</strong> the Veranda at Auburn Pointe; the mixed-income revitalized<br />

community that replaced Grady Homes and University Homes. Figure 7 depicts Techwood<br />

homes shortly before it was demolished in 1995, and Figure 9 is a picture <strong>of</strong> Centennial Place -<br />

<strong>Atlanta</strong>'s first mixed-income revitalized communities which replaced Techwood Homes and<br />

Clark Howell.<br />

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