Invest in Housing for All!

Incoming Atlanta City Council & Mayor

Working people across Atlanta are increasingly threatened by gentrification, displacement and houselessness. While housing becomes more and more precarious, the Atlanta city government gives money to big business, luxury real estate developments, and cops that evict renters and brutalize houseless people.

Housing is a human right! The next City Council and Mayor must invest in housing for all Atlantans!

Read our demands below:

To: Incoming Atlanta City Council & Mayor
From: [Your Name]

1) Green New Housing! Invest the city budget into affordable housing owned collectively by tenants, not landlords. Make a Social Housing Fund dedicated to community land trusts, where property is controlled by democratic organizations of residents. Create green union jobs to fight climate change by building high-density housing. Instead of giving tax breaks to millionaires, Atlanta should invest in working-class communities!

2) Homes, not Handcuffs! Decriminalize homelessness and stop the sweeps of homeless camps. It is antithetical to "public safety" to brutally arrest people for not having a home, to chase people from their beds and destroy their belongings. Instead, provide housing and support to houseless Atlantans. The City of Austin, Texas converted hotels into free unconditional housing for the houseless: Atlanta can do this too!

3) Communities, not Cages! Reallocate funds from policing, surveillance and incarceration into housing for all. The Atlanta Police harass and brutalize Black neighborhoods in Atlanta, promote gentrification through broken windows policing, sweep homeless camps, and carry out violent evictions. City Council spends nearly a third of the general budget on policing: $276 million per year. The City is wasting $32 million yearly operating the nearly-empty Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC), and is supporting a new privately-owned $90 million cop training facility. The City must move funds away from policing and invest in housing for all Atlantans.