Atlanta Through the Archives
Highest Proportion Residents in Public Housing
Summary
Before demolition efforts began in earnest in the 90s, Atlanta had the highest proportion of residents living in publicly owned housing in all of the United States with 14,000 individual units.
SOURCES:
Garlock, Stephanie. 2014. “By 2011, Atlanta Had Demolished All of Its Public Housing Projects. Where
Did All Those People Go? - Bloomberg.” CityLab | Housing (blog). May 8, 2014.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-05-08/by-2011-atlanta-had-demolished-all-of-its-public-housing-projects-where-did-all-those-people-go.