Metro Atlanta Land Bank Annual Report 2024

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Program Deliverable Updates

PROGRAM DELIVERABLE UPDATES

Program 1: $6 Million Line of Credit for Strategic Acquisitions

 On August 29, 2023, the MALB Board approved the execution of a $6,000,000 Line of Credit with Atlanta Housing Opportunity, Inc./Invest Atlanta.

 The MALB’s line of credit was the first Line of Credit designation of public acquisition funds under the Housing Opportunity Bond (HOB). Atlanta’s HOB is a funding mechanism used by Invest Atlanta to provide “gap funding” for affordable housing projects that can be used for acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of rental and home ownership units.

 The funds were to be used to strategically acquire properties located in Mayor Dickens Administration’s priority areas: Hollowell Road Corridor, Campbellton Road Corridor, Thomasville, and Downtown areas of the City.

Line of Credit Strategic Property Acquisition I 0 Barge Road – Charette in Coordination with City of Atlanta

 Background: The MALB acquired a 10.95 acre site from the YWCA in the Ben Hill Pines neighborhood in September 2023 for a purchase price of $1.3 million. The property is at the intersection of Barge Road and Campbellton Road.  In 2024 the MALB, in partnership with the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office and its Housing Innovation Lab, held a virtual meeting with the Neighborhood Planning Unit. In addition, all parties participated in an in-person stakeholder session with the neighborhood to discuss project ideas.

 The MALB continued to provide regular maintenance and insurance for site.

Metro Atlanta Land Bank // Annual Report 2024

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