VISION What we aspire to see
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
TELL OUR STORY
STRENGTHEN OUR CAPABILITY
GROW OUR IMPACT
DELIVER ON OUR PROMISE
STRATEGIC ARTICULATION MAP 2025-2029
Vibrant Communities
Market and Aordable Housing
Economic Opportunity
Land and Real Property
Public Space
PURPOSE What we will do to get there
CRITICAL INITIATIVES
The Purpose of the Metro Atlanta Land Bank is to:
ACQUIRE Title to Tax Delinquent, Vacant, Abandoned, Dilapidated and Other Properties which it will in turn inventory, classify, manage, maintain, protect, rent, lease, repair, insure, alter, sell, trade, exchange or otherwise dispose of under such terms and conditions.
CORE VALUES What values will center our work
PURSUE MORE MULTI-FAMILY AND
STRENGTHEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURSUIT AND FOCUS
DEVELOP AND EXECUTE FUND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
PERFORMANCE (MEASURES, REPORTING)
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
The MALB will be guided by the following eight principles:
GROW OUR HIGH PERFORMING TEAM
STRATEGICALLY IDENTIFY PARCELS
MUNICIPAL PARTNER HOUSING INITIATIVES
Transparency
Accountability
Professionalism
Equity
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
EXTINGUISH Past Due Tax Liens Held by Fulton County, City of Atlanta and other municipal partners to facilitate the return to productive use.
Partner Collaboration
Innovation
Community Centered
Stakeholder Focus
STRENGTHEN DONATION PROGRAM
NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATIONS
STRENGTHEN AND GROW BRAND
GROW PARTNERSHIPS
DIFFERENTIATORS Things we must do dierently going forward
RETURN Non-revenue Generating, Non-tax Producing Property to an Eective Utilization Status in order to support the creation of market and aordable housing, public space, new industry and jobs for the citizens of the member cities and the County.
INTRODUCE, STRENGTHEN AND INNOVATE LAND BANK PROGRAMS
CITY COUNCIL / COUNTY COMMISSIONER ENGAGEMENT
More and better community outreach
Be more innovative
Educate the public
GROW OUR TERRITORY, REACH AND INFLUENCE
Strengthen our brand and awareness of our work with ALL stakeholders
Engage brand ambassadors and champions
Facilitated by
Published and Adopted by MALB Board in 2024
VISION SNAPSHOTS When we want to see it
VISION SNAPSHOTS When we want to see it
VISION SNAPSHOTS When we want to see it
Our headlines representing our aspirational visions realized; Photos from the future
Our headlines representing our aspirational visions realized; Photos from the future
Our headlines representing our aspirational visions realized; Photos from the future
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
VIBRANT COMMUNITIES
START SMALL 2025
SCALE FAST 2027
THINK BIG 2029 AND BEYOND
START SMALL 2025
SCALE FAST 2027
THINK BIG 2029 AND BEYOND
START SMALL 2025
SCALE FAST 2027
THINK BIG 2029 AND BEYOND
2024
2024
2024
COMMERCIAL
ACCESSIBILITY
TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT
Selling fee simple properties with primary focus on aordable housing product
Communities of aordable housing near public transit situated near commercial hubs
Identify commercial nodes of focus
Acquired first commercial property
Many aordable housing developments give residents access to public transit, schools, and commercial hubs
Acquiring land and properties in highly sought after areas and infusing/ensuring aordable rental
Completed surplus property project with Atlanta Public Schools (APS)
Use Atlanta Public Schools (APS) program + Star-C Model as SOP for new partners
Making property available for development that can include small developers.
Acquired land near public transit
Developed strategic action plan for housing
Successful development of multiple mixed (residential & commercial) properties.
and ownership opportunities.
AFFORDABILITY PARTNERS
NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION
CITY/COUNTY ACQUISITION AGENT
Partnering with more community land trusts for permanent aordability or those organizations willing to do long term (30+ years) aordability
Partnering with ALT, AH, and IA to provide aordable housing opportunities in the community.
Launched MALB Land Trust and supportive program
Accelerate program with vetted land trust(s)
Provided turn-key solutions to partner organizations
Successful transaction out of MALB inventory to begin restoring tax revenue
Fine tune commercial operations with capacity needs of commercial development
Aordable housing situated near commercial hubs where residents support local commerce
Preservation of permanent aordable housing in mixed income,
Selected neighborhoods + partner organizations
Acquired properties with methodologies in place
MALB is a buyer’s agent for the City of Atlanta.
sought after communities
DEVELOPER OPPORTUNITY
TRANSFORMATION
EQUITY
Removing obstacles to
More mixed income development & use that have commercial options as a component
Developed more robust relationships with commercial developers
Incentivized commercial development with free land MALB acquired (ground lease)
New and rehabilitated housing with less crime and nuisance. Improved aesthetic.
Completed aordable mixed-use
Identify neighborhood / property
Secured monetary resources to begin work
Expanding the Permanent Aordability
Equitable opportunities for people who come from lower incomes to be able to purchase homes and start the work to change their tax bracket/economic status
Partner organizations and home buyers identified
Develop an equitable policy (income based)
development thus returning vacant, blighted properties to the tax rolls.
communities for working class and low income for workforce housing and moderate to low-income housing
Program beyond the pilot + with additional partners
DIVERSIFIED FUNDING
Received foundation funds
Received IRS designation of 501(c)(3) status
Increase in available capital to be used by MALB for acquisition.
Selling fee simple vacant lots to entities with experience (job opportunities) versus individuals for the development of aordable housing
SCALE HOUSING
DEVELOPER PARTNERS
Completion of 500 units of aordable housing during 5-year period
Verbena Land swap and the Thomasville Heights property acquisition.
More joint ventures with developers for aordable mixed income, mixed use
The partnerships with AH, Invest Atlanta and the City of Atlanta
Develop model + SOP for joint ventures
Identified qualified pool of developers
Complete 2 multi-family
Completed additional
developments (Low-income housing tax credit)
multi-family development (Atlanta housing)
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