Fox 5 Atlanta • August 19, 2025
City Council approved a resolution to transform housing that is in disrepair into thousands of affordable homes across Atlanta. Abundant Housing Atlanta volunteer, Anton Gudiswitz, was interviewed and talked about the importance of not just getting rid of blighted apartments but ensuring that it is accompanied by building and preserving new, safer affordable housing.
Atlanta Civic Circle • January 22, 2025
Zoning code determines what (and where) developers can and can’t build, often based on districts delineated by that code.
“For the last couple decades, the number of people moving to the city has outpaced the amount of new housing, meaning we have more people than ever competing for the same limited housing stock. To avoid rising rents and home prices, we need to adjust zoning laws to allow more housing, especially in expensive neighborhoods where people most want to live.” —Abundant Housing Atlanta chapter lead Anton Gudiswitz
“Everything—every single thing—is subject to additional feedback from you, additional refinement from you,” Caleb Racicot, a principal and board member at the design firm TSW, said about the rewrite.
Atlanta Civic Circle • October 9th, 2024
“Devin Barrington-Ward, who heads the Black Futurists Group, was the only candidate to score 100% for his responses. Another housing advocacy group, Abundant Housing Atlanta, endorsed him last month for his urbanist-minded platform. The Housing Justice League, however, hasn’t made an official endorsement.”
The Red and Black • August 30, 2024
“Abundant Housing Atlanta paid a visit to Athens on Thursday to share its insight and goal to make housing reform a reality in Athens. A roundtable discussion and new potential resources from AHA could start a local chapter here in Athens.”
Atlanta Civic Circle • August 16, 2024
“The next Post 3 city councilmember will help determine how the municipality navigates unprecedented developer and investor activity, housing market volatility, and the ongoing — and long overdue — rewrite of the city’s zoning code.”
Atlanta Civic Circle • Jan 26, 2024
“That we’re creating extra barriers to build a small home, but not to build a mansion, tells us everything we need to know about who we prioritize in this city.”
Axios Atlanta • Jan 23, 2024
City Councilwoman Marci Collier Overstreet is sponsoring legislation to require property owners to obtain a special permit to build a detached single-family dwelling with fewer than 750 square feet.
Saporta Report • Jan 15, 2024
Everyone should be able to have a safe, accessible, affordable place to live. While this feels like it’s a no-brainer, the City of Atlanta seems not to understand the dire urgency.
AJC • Sept 20, 2023
Atlanta doesn’t have to choose between housing density and its tree canopy – we must grow both.
Atlanta Civic Circle • April 19, 2023
“This is the kind of project Atlanta needs more of to address the city’s urgent housing shortage and affordability crisis”
"Abundant Housing Atlanta paid a visit to Athens on Thursday to share its insight and goal to make housing reform a reality in Athens. A roundtable discussion and new potential resources from AHA could start a local chapter here in Athens." -Lizzie Rice
