Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has the potential to be an affordable housing rock-star. In response to the June AJC three-part series “Dangerous Dwellings” he has organized a City of Atlanta Housing Strike force to address dangerous, marginalized, unsafe apartment communities in Atlanta. There are over 200 properties on the list including this neglected eyesore in Southwest Atlanta. I have been trying to get site control of this 220-unit property since 2016 and have watched as it flipped from spectator to spectator with the only goal to sell to the next buyer for $$$ millions in profit. This property in 2016 could have been renovated to provide safe, decent housing for 220-families but today it is too far gone. Capitalism at its finest in neighborhoods across America.
The Tenants at Summerdale
James Wilkens was the first official tenant I met at Summerdale. We were racing to procure $9,600,000 in funding to close Summerdale, but in the meantime, the contract gave us 45 days to complete our physical inspections. If for any reason we didn’t like the...
