In 1996, The

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(AHA) created the financial and legal model for mixed-income communities or MICs, that is, communities with both owners and renters of differing income levels, that include public-assisted housing as a component. This model is used by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOPE VI revitalization program. As of 2011, it has resulted in all housing projects having been demolished, with partial replacement by MICs. The first of these, Centennial Place, has been recognized by

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and the

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. As of 2007, Centennial Place had a math, science and technology-focused elementary school, a YMCA, a branch bank, a child-care facility and retail shops. There were plans to include homeownership units. In 2011, the agency also tore down the Roosevelt House and

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senior-citizen high-rises and relocated residents into other properties. However, the John O. Chiles and Cosby Spear senior citizen high rises remained open. AHA took advantage of relaxed federal rules in effect through 2010 to raze all remaining communities. The agency offered residents who qualified a variety of relocation options and long-term assistance that included federal rent-assistance vouchers good anywhere in the country. However, not all residents qualified for the vouchers.

List of mixed-income communities

Ashley Auburn Pointe

Site of former Grady Homes in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood. Includes the Veranda at Auburn Pointe complex.

Ashley College Town

Site of former Harris Homes, built 1956

Ashley Courts at Cascade

Site of former Kimberly Courts, off-site for Techwood/Clark Howell

Ashley Terrace at West End

Formerly off-site for Techwood/Clark Howell

Capitol Gateway

Site of former Capitol Homes Centennial Place marker, Atlanta

Centennial Place

Site of former Techwood Homes and Clark Howell in the Centennial Hill district of

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Columbia at Mechanicsville Station

Replaced the 293-unit McDaniel-Glenn Homes in the northwest corner of Mechanicsville, torn down between February and May 2006.

Columbia Commons

Formerly off-site for East Lake Meadows

Columbia Village

Formerly off-site for East Lake Meadows

Magnolia Park

Opened in 2000 on the site of former John Eagan Homes in Vine City

Summerdale Commons

In NPU Z in southwest Atlanta. Recognized by the city as an official

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The Villages at Carver

Site of former Carver Homes in southeast Atlanta, west of

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and east of Joyland and High Point. Recognized by the city as an official

The Villages of Castleberry Hill

Site of former John Hope Homes. Recognized by the city as an official

. Despite the name, this community is not in Castleberry Hill and lies south of that neighborhood.

The Villages of East Lake

Site of the former East Lake Meadows. The redevelopment was driven by developer and philanthropist

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. Recognized by the city as an official

West Highlands

An official

. Site of former Perry Homes, which were demolished in 1999. Includes * Columbia Estates, 124 townhouses and garden-style apartments, for rent * Columbia Heritage, a 132-unit mixed-income seniors housing development * Columbia Park Citi, a 154-unit mixed-income garden-style apartment complex * Columbia Crest, a 152-unit mixed-use project with of retail space; and * Columbia Grove, a 138-unit multifamily project that will be the final phase

Senior citizen highrises

While Palmer and Roosevelt were razed, these senior citizen highrises were renovated:

Cosby Spear

On North Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward

John O. Chiles

Located at 435 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd
Renovated 2008

References

Atlanta Housing Authority
{{Atlanta neighborhoods Public housing in Atlanta Urban renewal in Atlanta Mixed-income housing