| Commercial Corridor Design Overlay District – Marietta, GA | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Coliving: A Nontraditional Affordable Housing Option | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Factsheet: Housing Overlay Zones | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Streamline Approvals for Residential Properties with Affordability | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| California Department of Housing and Community Development – Inventory of Suitable Land | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| The History and Evolution of Prefabricated Homes | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| How to Get Rid of Parking Minimums: Decatur, GA – Interview from StrongTowns.org | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Local Government Best Practices: Streamlining the Development Permitting Process – Georgia Municipal Association | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Joint Venture Guidebook: A Resource for Developing Affordable and Supportive Housing | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Policy Primer on Fee Waivers & Austin’s SMART Housing Program – InclusionaryHousing.org | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Atlanta Land Trust’s affordable housing venture | Leverage Public Land |
| City of Atlana Urban Enterprise Zones | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| New Affordable Housing Goals Aim to Add 69,000 New Units by 2030 – City of Boston | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| “City Reopens Amnesty Period for Accessory Dwelling Units” – City of Sausalito, California | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| Accessory Dwelling Unit Design Guide – Santa Cruz County, CA | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| Design for Affordability – ULI Atlanta | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing, Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| City of Atlanta Inclusionary Zoning Policy | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| Adaptive Reuse – Examples from Chester County, PA | Reuse of Building and Land |
| “Southern Post” in Historic Roswell begins to materalize | Reuse of Building and Land |
| Redeveloping Commercial Vacant Properties | Reuse of Building and Land |
| Tax Abatement: Reforms Could Foster Equitable Development | Provide Financial Incentives |
| InvestAtlanta Residential Housing Incentives | Provide Financial Incentives |
| Historic Preservation Tax Incentives & Grants – Georgia Department of Natural Resources | Provide Financial Incentives |
| New York City Multifamily Housing Rehabilitation Program | Create Policy Incentives |
| City of Atlanta Affordable Housing Impact Statement Ordinance | Create Policy Incentives |
| Kansas City Council creates housing trust fund and waives code violation fines in developing substandard property | Create Policy Incentives |
| Coordinated Capital – Center for Community Investment | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| City of Atlanta Property Information Viewer | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| Op-Ed: Streamlining The City’s Preservation Procedures Would Benefit All | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| Georgia Land Bank Resource Manual | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| Overview: Community Land Trusts | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| With ‘flip tax,’ a push to save affordable homeownership – Brooklyn Daily Eagle | Address Blight |
| Blight & Redevelopment Toolkit offered to members of the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) | Address Blight, Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| Community Prosecution: A Strategy to Tackle Blight with Communities – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Address Blight |
| Urban Blight and Public Health: Addressing the Impact of Substandard Housing, Abandoned Buildings, and Vacant Lots – Urban Institute | Address Blight |
| The Secret to Marketing Your City – NYUSPS Urban Lab | Address Blight |
| ARC Arts, Culture, and Creative Placemaking Strategic Plan | Address Blight |
| Invest Atlanta Announces Atlanta’s First Transit-Oriented Development Fund | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Visualized/Geographical data showing housing density in large U.S. metro areas – New York Times | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation and Aquatic Center – Curbed Atlanta | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Livable Buckhead Transportation and Housing, 2019 | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Mixed-Use Development Ordinance – City of Marietta, GA | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| New 29-story Peachtree Center tower part of city’s affordable housing effort | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| MARTA: Transit-Oriented Development Guidelines – Chapter 2, Density and Mixed Uses | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Atlanta’s Zoning Ordinance Diagnostic | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| MARTA: Transit-Oriented Development Guidelines – Chapter 4, A New Approach to Parking | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Downtown Acworth renovations nearly complete – Marietta Daily Journal (Oct. 2018) | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Livable Centers Initiative – Atlanta Regional Commission | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Midtown Alliance – Comprehensive Zoning Updates | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| DC.gov – Affordable Housing Program Income Limits | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Atlanta’s Zoning Ordinance Diagnostic | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| City of Austin – Final Report from Mayor’s Task Force on Institutinal Racism and Systemic Inequities (with 40 housing-related recommendations) | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Buckhead Village FAR Bonuses and Public/Private Incentives | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Zoning Updates allowing for ADU’s & “Missing Middle” Housing | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing, Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| National repoistory of local policies for creating Transit-Oriented Development in Low-Income Areas – ACEEE | Expand Transportation Options |
| HUD – LIHTC Research Report | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| ATL Regional Transit Plan | Expand Transportation Options |
| ANDP Loan Fund | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| How to Make Mass Transit Financially Sustainable Once and for All | Expand Transportation Options |
| Density incentives; AMI disagreements in Buford Highway Overlay Zoning Process | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Regional Workbook for Complete Streets: A Supplement to Walk. Bike. Thrive! – ARC | Expand Transportation Options |
| Brookhaven Mandatory Workforce Housing Report | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| Chicago’s Multi-Year Affordability through Upfront Investment (MAUI) Program | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Tucker Tomorrow – 2018 Tucker Comprehensive Plan | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Funders for Housing and Opportunity: a cross-sector, nonpartisan, national funders’ collaborative working to improve health outcomes, economic mobility, and educational achievement | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Smyrna Transit Analysis and Feasibility Study | Expand Transportation Options |
| HouseATL Recommendations for Cross-Sector Investment and a Funders’ Collective | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Georgia DCA – CDBG Innovative Grant Program | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms, Implement Tax or Bond Financing Mechanisms |
| Washington, D.C.’s Small Building Program | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms, Create Policy Incentives |
| $26 million Homeless Opportunity Bond used to fund Atlanta’s ClearPath plan | Implement Tax or Bond Financing Mechanisms |
| Housing Trust Fund FAQ – National Association of State Housing Authorities | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Joint Area Study – Dunwoody/Peachtree Corners | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| State Housing Trust Funds – HousingTrustFundProject.org | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Short-term eviction prevention resources from HOPE Atlanta | Prevent Eviction |
| Detroit Inclusionary Housing Study | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Georgia Legal Aid – Report on Property Tax/Homestead Exemption for Seniors & Veterans w/ disabilities | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| What happens to LIHTC properties at year 15 and beyond? – U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Westside Community Retention Collaborative | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| The Low Income Housing Tax Credit: How it Works and Who it Serves | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| IRS – First Time Penalty Abatement Policy for Small Business/Self-Employed | Create Policy Incentives |
| Growing Homeownership with NMTC: Overview, Highlights, and Funding Example – Housing Partnership Network | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| NYC’s Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development – Displacement Alert Project | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| Invest Atlanta – Atlanta Opportunity Zones | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| District Reports | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| Unity Park Offers A New Vision For Public-Private Partnerships Thanks To A Focus On Affordable Housing (Greenville, SC) | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Displacement Alert Map | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| How Local Governments Can Raise Much Needed Resources for Affordable Housing – Enterprise | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Invest Atlanta Residential Housing Incentives | Provide Financial Incentives |
| Boston Vacant Site Acquisition Fund for Affordable Housing | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Mayor Bottoms names Atlanta’s first chief housing officer | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| Program Related Investments: Models and Best Practices | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Georgia Municipal Association – New Elected Officials Institute | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| Revolving Loan Funds for Affordable Housing | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| House Atlanta Forum | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Denver’s Dedicated Affordable Housing Fund | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| D.C. Employer Assisted Housing Program | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Newly Closed Housing Opportunity Bonds to Fund Affordable Housing Initiatives – InvestAtlanta | Implement Tax or Bond Financing Mechanisms |
| InvestAtlanta roster of grant programs, RFPs, Opportunity Zones, TADs, etc. | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| Urban Enterprise Zone Report – City of Atlanta, Department of City Planning | Implement Tax or Bond Financing Mechanisms |
| Westside Future Fund’s Anti-Displacement Tax Fund | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| InvestAtlanta: Tax Allocation District Financing | Implement Tax or Bond Financing Mechanisms |
| DCA Compliance Review Consultant RFP – Identifying/supplementing existing efforts in building up housing compliance monitoring around the State & region | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| “People Over Parking” – 2018 Report from the American Planning Association | Implement Tax or Bond Financing Mechanisms |
| Georgia Initiative for Community Housing | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing, Promote Creative Collaboration |
| How Should We Tax the Sharing Economy? | Implement Tax or Bond Financing Mechanisms |
| UPenn Employer Housing Research Article | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Multifamily Property Tax Exemption Program – Seattle, WA | Implement Tax or Bond Financing Mechanisms |
| Partnership-oriented programs like AHA’s HAVEN Program | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Georgia Legal Aid – Report on Property Tax/Homestead Exemption for Seniors & Veterans with disabilities | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| EPA Report: Smart Growth Best Practices for Urban/Suburban Areas | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Georgia Weatherization Assisance Program | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| Georgia DCA & Southface Institute – Construction Codes Update Workshop (slide deck) | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Cherokee-Cobb Joint Development Authority | Leverage Public Land |
| Atlanta Micro Fund (CDFI) | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| Atlanta’s suburbs are facing an affordable housing crunch, too | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| 2017 Legacy Business Study – Seattle, Washington | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| 2017 City of Marietta Comprehensive Plan | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Housing and Homelessness – National Association of Area Agencies on Aging; case study from the Atlanta Regional Commission highlighted on page 9 | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| Imagine Henry 2040 – Joint County/Cities Comprehensive Plan Update | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Westside Works | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| 2019 Envision Marietta LCI Study | Expand Transportation Options |
| HomeSafe Georgia – Free Mortgage Payment Assistance | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| ARC Community Planning Academy | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| “Atlanta’s suburbs are facing an affordable housing crunch, too” – Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| Smart Growth America – Code and Zoning Audit within the Smart Growth Implementation Toolkit | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| Rent Escrow Account Program – City of Los Angeles | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| “Douglasville Jail to be Demolished for Amphitheater, Green Space” – Patch.com | Leverage Public Land |
| The 7 Principles of Universal Design – Centre for Excellence in Universal Design/National Disability Authority | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| Sandy Springs – Zoning Diagnostic and Approach Report | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| 2018, A Pilot Study of Landlord Acceptance of Housing Choice Vouchers – HUD, Urban Institute | Create Quality Rental Opportunities |
| HUD Policy Development & Research Report – “Using Public Land to Defray the Cost of Affordable Housing” | Leverage Public Land |
| Housing Authority of the City of Decatur, Georgia – Housing Choice Vouchers | Create Quality Rental Opportunities |
| Neighborhood Diversity and Middle Housing in an Atlanta Context, Georgia Tech MCRP Study – “Implementation in an Atlanta Context”, pg. 36 (2018) | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| Understanding Project-Based Rental Assistance – National Housing Law Project | Create Quality Rental Opportunities |
| Denver’s New Local Rental Voucher Program Filling in Gaps — and Apartments | Create Quality Rental Opportunities |
| Preserving Naturally-Occurring Housing Affordability in Metro Atlanta Neighborhoods | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments, Provide Financial Incentives |
| Landlords: Critical Participants in the Housing Choice Voucher Program | Create Quality Rental Opportunities |
| Joint, mixed-use development project between City of Lawrenceville and private developers (2017) | Leverage Public Land |
| Best Practices for Using Crime Prevention Through Environemtnal Design in “Weed and Seed” Sites | Create Quality Rental Opportunities |
| Short-term eviction prevention resources from HOPE Atlanta | Prevent Eviction |
| First-time Homebuyer Programs in Georgia, 2019 | Promote Home Buying |
| HUD Exchange – Family Self-Sufficiency Program Online Training | Promote Home Buying |
| Georgia Legal Services and Atlanta Legal Aid awarded national grants to build online tools addressing common landlord-tenant issues | Prevent Eviction |
| Blight & Redevelopment Toolkit offered to members of the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) | Address Blight |
| Housing Justice League’s Tenant Association Partnerships | Prevent Eviction |
| Atlanta Regional Housing Forum | Be a Leader in Housing, Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| Housing Justice League’s Eviction Defense Manual | Prevent Eviction |
| Habitat for Humanity North Central Georgia (Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, North Fulton) Homebuyer Program | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Educating Tenants in Fulton County, Georgia About Eviction Defense – Annie E. Casey Foundation | Prevent Eviction |
| City of Valdosta awarded for redeveloping The Ashley House to create affordable senior housing | Leverage Public Land |
| What is a Continuum of Care? – National Alliance to End Homelessness | Create Quality Rental Opportunities |
| Atlanta Housing Authority’s HAVEN Progarm | Create Quality Rental Opportunities |
| Georgia DCA: Compliance Review Consultant Request for Proposals | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| Georgia Municipal Association – New Elected Officials Institute | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| Atlanta Regional Commission Community Planning Academy | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| City of Pittsburgh Affordable Housing Task Force – Findings & Recommendations | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| One Atlanta: Housing Affordability Action Plan | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| HOUSE ATL Recommendations for Advancing Affordable Housing and Community Retention | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| Here’s how creative partnerships with nonprofit developers can ease the affordable housing crisis – Washington Business Journal | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| University of Georgia J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development – Nonprofits | Build Capacity and Internal Resources to Address Housing |
| Why aren’t Atlanta landlords renting to Section 8 tenants? – SaportaReport | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| HouseATL Forum | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Affordable Housing Civic Dinner – Hosted by ARC | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Supportive Housing Helps Vulnerable People Live and Thrive in the Community – Center for Budget and Policy Priorities | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Kaiser Permanente Announces Three Initiatives to Improve Community Health by Tackling Housing Insecurity | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Landlord Partnership Program – Marin Housing (Marin County, California) | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| The Role of Anchor Institutions in Restoring Neighborhoods: Health Institutions as a Catalyst for Affordable Housing and Community Development | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Lyft Launches Jobs Access Program in 35+ Cities | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Community Benefits Agreement – Atlanta Beltline | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Community Benefits Agreement – Growing a Movement in Minnesota | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Engage the community to shape a new affordable housing strategy – A community engagement guide created by the City of Boulder and Code for America | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership – Affordable Housing Issue Area | Be a Leader in Housing |
| Georgia Stand-Up Programs | Be a Leader in Housing |
| National Low Income Housing Coalition 2019 Advocates’ Guide (updated annually) | Be a Leader in Housing |
| Sandy Springs Together | Be a Leader in Housing |
| Density Bonus Primer and Example – InclusionaryHousing.org | |
| Drivers of Multifamily Housing Costs and Affordability in Atlanta | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| MARTA Joint Development Program | Leverage Public Land |
| BeltLine Inclusionary Zoning | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| Lancaster County Multi-family Bonds | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Georgia Social Impact Collaborative | Create and Attract New Financing Mechanisms |
| Miami Uses Publicly-Owned Land for Housing and Community Development | Leverage Public Land |
| Richmond, CA Vacant Land | Leverage Public Land |
| Livable Buckhead Transportation and Housing, 2019 | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| City of Hapeville Housing Profile, 2019 | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| City of Alpharetta Rental Housing Analysis, 2017 | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Norcross Unified Development Ordinance | Implement Community Development Strategies |
| Westside Resident Retention Strategy | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| Rights of First Refusal Overview | Create Policy Incentives |
| West Virginia Land Reuse Act | Create Policy Incentives |
| Density Bonus Overview | Create Policy Incentives |
| Density Bonus Model Ordinances | Create Policy Incentives |
| Decatur Density Bonus | Create Policy Incentives |
| House ATL | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Atlanta Gwinnett School Pantries | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer Foundation – Standing with our Neighbors | Create Quality Rental Opportunities, Prevent Eviction, Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Why Employers Are Turning to Employer-Assisted Housing Programs – Report from UPenn Fels Institute of Government | Promote Creative Collaboration |
| Design for Affordability | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| Missing Middle Housing | Establish Policies Supporting Affordable Housing |
| Walker Bend Subdivision, Covington, GA | Leverage Public Land |
| Overview of FHA 203(k) Rehab Loans – Homebridge.com | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| Community HOME Investment Program (CHIP) 2020 Grant Application Webinar – Georgia Department of Community Affairs | Stabilize Existing Residents |
| Georgia Land Bank Resource Manual | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| A Guide for the Creation and Operation of Local Land Banks | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments, Create Policy Incentives |
| U.S. Cities Look to Vancouver’s Novel Empty Homes Tax – Bloomberg Tax | Address Blight |
| Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful | Address Blight |
| Eliminate Minimum Gross Floor Space in Cities w/ Populations under 125,000 | Reduce Development Cost and Barriers |
| NYC’s Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development – Displacement Alert Map | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
| NYC’s Displacement Alert Project – District Reports | Coordinate Across Agencies and Among Governments |
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