- State Data Overview
Across Georgia, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
KeyFacts330,952Or24%Renter households that are extremely low income$25,100Maximum income for 4-person extremely low income household (state level)-195,926Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low income renters$39,758Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent.73%Percent of extremely low income renter households with severe cost burden - State Level PartnersState Partners
Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc. (Georgia ACT)
250 Georgia Avenue, SE
Suite 350
Atlanta, GA 30312
Bambie Hayes Brown, President and CEO | [email protected]
Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
- Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved. Email Kyle Arbuckle with any questions.
Current Year HTF Allocation$5,277,949
HTF State Resources2019
Draft Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan Pages 71-82 (PDF)
HTF Application Instructions and FAQs (PDF)
2018
2018 HTF NOFA (PDF)
2018-2022 Submitted Consolidated Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on pages 160-168 (PDF)
2017
Draft 2018-2022 ConPlan, with 2017 HTF Allocation Plan on page 159 (PDF)
HUD-approved 2017 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2016
HUD-Approved HTF Allocation (PDF)
NOFA (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan by Department of Community Affairs dated June 27, 2016 (PDF)
Georgia-specific Model Allocation Plan by NLIHC (PDF)
Recording of Georgia-specific Allocation Plan advocacy webinar presented by NLIHC on March 29(WMV)
Allocation Plan advocacy webinar slides from March 29th presentation by NLIHC (PDF)
NLIHC Point Person for HTF AdvocacyBambie Hayes-Brown
President and CEO
Georgia Advancing Communities Together
William McFarland
Policy Staffer
Georgia Advancing Communities Together
State Designated Entity:Camila Knowles
Executive Director
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Official Directly Involved with HTF Implementation:Ryan Fleming
Manager of Internal Operations
404-596-2626
[email protected]State Entity Webpage
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
NHTF-specific page
- ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Georgia (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: Georgia (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Georgia and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Georgia and Nationwide
Other Links - Take Action
- COVID-19 ResourcesCOVID-19 Resources
Rental Assistance
NLIHC has estimated a need for no less than $100 billion in emergency rental assistance and broke down the need and cost for each state (download Excel spreadsheet).
Many cities and states are establishing rental assistance programs to support individuals and families impacted by COVID-19. This tracker links to news reports of various city, state and philanthropic rental assistance programs that are being established during the pandemic. Check NLIHC's cumulative list of rental assistance.
City Description Source Atlanta An Atlanta not-for-profit, Star-C, has established an Eviction Relief Fund. It is a rent matching scholarship that helps qualified residents timely pay their rent and continue to raise their children in the same school. The program is administered through landlords that operate apartments at rents below 80% AMI in low-performing school districts. Participating landlords are willing to forgive a portion of the rent, waive late fees, and an agreement not to evict in exchange for Star-C paying a portion of delinquent rent. https://tinyurl.com/y8wb8bnw Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms created a $7 million fund to help those impacted by COVID-19 and imposed a moratorium on all residential evictions. https://tinyurl.com/ya6pjtoc Shelter Closings
Across the country, homeless service providers are struggling to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to follow public health guidelines and help ensure people’s safety, some shelters are being forced to reduce services, restrict admittance, or close entirely. The loss of these critical resources puts people experiencing homelessness at even higher risk of illness. Check NLIHC's cumulative list of shelter closings.
Below is a list of shelters that have had to majorly alter services or completely close:
No information at this time.
State and Local News
Crossroads Community Ministries, an organization that operates like a post office for people who are experiencing homelessness and don’t have a permanent address, has continued to provide services throughout the pandemic. The executive director spoke with WABE about the challenges that the organization has encountered due to COVID-19.
Atlanta
The Atlanta City Council approved legislation on June 15, directing millions of dollars in CARES Act funding to support people experiencing homelessness and prevent evictions. City officials are allocating $22 million for rental assistance to prevent evictions and homelessness. An additional $7 million will be allocated to provide care for people experiencing homelessness to mitigate COVID-19 effects. Read the legislation here.
Updated on June 22, 2020.
The city of Atlanta has acquired 250 hotel rooms to house people experiencing homelessness who are either older than 65 or dealing with underlying health conditions. The city is paying $3 million to lease the hotel rooms for three months until August 1, with approximately half of the funding coming from philanthropic dollars and half from emergency funding.
Atlanta has tested more than 2,000 people experiencing homelessness, uncovering approximately 30 new positive cases in shelters. The total number of people experiencing homelessness who have tested positive is at least 55 as of April 20.
Savannah
The Savannah Homeless Authority has partnered with the City of Savannah and Chatham Emergency Management Agency to deliver meals-ready-to-eat, or MRE’s, to the city’s more than 35 homeless camps Thursday morning.
State Level Guidance
No information at this time.
Eviction Update
Federal, state, and local eviction moratoriums are rapidly expiring and the CARES Act supplemental unemployment benefits will end soon; at that time, millions of low-income renters will be at risk of losing their homes. The NLIHC estimates at least $100 billion in emergency rental assistance is needed to keep low-income renters stably housed during and after the pandemic. This tracker links to news reports of the growing evictions crisis in various cities and states. Check NLIHC's cumulative list of eviction updates.
In the third week of July, 28.3% of adults in Georgia reported they had missed their previous housing payment or had little confidence they would make their next one on time, according to a weekly survey conducted by the Census. In the same survey, 465,246 renters reported they had not paid their previous rental payment.
Fulton, DeKalb, and Gwinnett Counties 6,000 evictions have been filed across these three counties since the pandemic began in mid-March. Housing advocates are concerned that many tenants did not know their chance to submit a defense in their eviction case and request a hearing (which could delay the process by a few weeks) had been extended from seven days to several months, but that the extra time expired last week. So far, tenants in Fulton, DeKalb, and Gwinnett have submitted letters to request hearings in only one-fifth of those cases.
July 23 Updated: July 29
According to a weekly survey by the Census, 1 in 3 adults in the state either missed their last housing payment or have little/no confidence of being able to make next month’s housing payment.
Fulton County 2,000 eviction cases are pending in Fulton County.
June 19 Updated: July 16
COVID-19 Resources OtherNational Media
What to Know About Housing and Rent During the COVID-19 Emergency? https://tinyurl.com/y74ox85d
Arbor Realty Trust launched an innovative $2 million rental assistance program to help thousands of tenants and families significantly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Arbor is contributing $1 million to the program and participating borrowers will match Arbor's advances to its tenants in need to help fill the rent gap during the hard-hit months of May and June. Together, the partnership program will provide $2 million in relief. https://tinyurl.com/y9r6x9vb
