(APN) ATLANTA — The Tiny Home Movement is rapidly spreading across the country from Washington State to Florida. A tiny home is anything under 500 square feet. Atlanta is beginning to join the Tiny Home Movement, in part due to the work of Will Johnston. He hosts monthly meetings to advocate and educate the public and politicians on the […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Following three months of senior-led activism and a court order, the air conditioning is finally repaired and working at Friendship Towers, a senior high-rise subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Atlanta Progressive News previously reported that fed-up tenants took their complaints to HUD after the building manager, Glass Ratner, and the […]
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(APN) DEKALB COUNTY — On Thursday, January 22, 2015, the Medlock Area Neighborhood Association (MANA) held a special meeting to discuss whether to staying in unincorporated DeKalb County or whether to annex into Atlanta. The nearby City of Decatur is looking to annex business areas, so to boost their tax base, but is not seeking to annex the residential […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Gloria Tatum, Kevin Moran, and Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — State Rep. Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta) says she is hopeful that Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, will change his mind over whether to expand Medicaid in Georgia pursuant to the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Currently the U.S. states are split completely in half on the […]
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