The Atlanta Metro’s severe housing shortage is causing skyrocketing homelessness and poverty, crippling our economy, and leading to debilitating commutes that exacerbate our global climate crisis. These impacts fall disproportionately on our city’s low-income workers and families, and disproportionately deny communities of color access to opportunity. If we strive to be a society that advances racial and class justice, we must do more to ensure abundant housing in our region.

In Douglasville, there is a housing development project up for discussion:  6470 Elsie Street. This project would convert a highly distressed single-family house into a 4-unit building that will provide 4 new housing opportunities. This project will help address our citywide housing shortage and in particular, our need for more homes in communities like New Horizon that borders Downtown Douglasville, grocery stores, schools and other public resources.

We, the undersigned, ask the Douglasville City Council to vote in favor of this proposed development on 6470 Elsie Street. This project will help address the housing shortage and ensure a welcoming Douglasville where everyone can thrive.

YIMBY Action is a network of pro-housing activists fighting for more inclusive housing policies. Our vision is an integrated society where every person has access to a safe, affordable home near jobs, services, and opportunity.