Housing costs are skyrocketing in Atlanta obliterating affordable housing and on Friday, residents began pushing back.
“The people united will never be defeated, the people united will never be defeated,” was chanted in front of Atlanta City Hall. Hundreds of people protested outside City Hall on Friday demanded action for people impacted by the city's housing crisis.
They're focusing on the Atlanta BeltLine.
“The BeltLine has come through and displaced a ton of people, housing prices have gone up, rent has gone up and black folks are being pushed out of the city, this is not right, we are fighting against it,” housing advocate Karmiah Dillard said. “We want the BeltLine to live up to its promises.”
The project requires 5,600 units of affordable housing over a 25-year period but protesters said that's not quick enough.
Over the next three years, it hopes to add up to 600 units.
