Atlanta mixed-income communities

In 1996, 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 HUD and the Urban Land Institute. 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 Palmer House 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.

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

site of former Harris Homes, built 1956

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

formerly off-site for Techwood/Clark Howell

site of former Capitol Homes

site of former Techwood Homes and Clark Howell in the Centennial Hill district of Downtown Atlanta

Replaced the 41 acres (17 ha) 293-unit McDaniel-Glenn Homes in the northwest corner of Mechanicsville, torn down between February and May 2006.

formerly off-site for East Lake Meadows

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