Housing/Foreclosures
Georgia has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country.
Atlanta Housing
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports frequently on housing issues including sales,prices, rentals, and foreclosures.For information on the paper, both history and availability (digital, paper and microfilm), click here
The Atlanta Branch of the Federal Reserve has produced a list of statistical sources on foreclosure.
Other sources of information on Atlanta real estate are Zillow and RealtyTrac.
Housing/ Foreclosures
Sample Book Titles:
The culture of property : race, class, and housing landscapes in Atlanta, 1880-1950 Lands, LeeAnn, 1967- University of Georgia Press. 2009 HD7304.A7 L36 2000
Atlanta : race, class, and urban expansion Keating, Larry, 1942- Temple University Press 2001 HC108 .A75 K4 2001
Redrawing the Color Line: the History of Black Housing in Atlanta, 1940-1973. Ambrose, Andy. 1992. HM7.5 .A497
Sprawl city : race, politics, and planning in Atlanta Bullard, Robert D. (Robert Doyle), 1946- Island Press, 2000. HT243 .U62 A757 2000
White flight : resistance to desegregation of neighborhoods, schools and businesses in Atlanta, 1946-1966 Kruse, Kevin Michael, 1972- University Microfilms, 2000. F294 .A89 N4435 2000
White flight : Atlanta and the making of modern conservatism Kruse, Kevin Michael, 1972- Princeton University Press, 2007. F294 .A89 A233 2007
The Black metropolis in the twenty-first century : race, power, and politics of place / [edited by] Robert D. Bullard. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007. HT221 .B53 2007
OTHER RESOURCES
Atlanta Journal Constitution has done intensive investigation/reporting of the housing crisis.
ajc.com is the electronic edition which has the current paper as well as historic archives.
LexisNexis Academic (1991 to present)
Atlanta Area Neighborhood Profiles (from the AJC)
The AJC includes schools, home values, and demographic data on several neighborhoods in the Atlanta area. These are often defined by cross streets or other geography rather than incorporation or zip codes so this tool can help with micro-level searches.
Atlanta Office of Housing (City of Atlanta)
Atlanta Housing Authority is organized under Georgia law to develop, acquire, lease and operate affordable housing for low-income families. Today, AHA is the largest housing agency in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation, serving approximately 50,000 people.
Atlanta Home sales lets you search sales and home value information for ZIP codes and counties throughout metro Atlanta.
Foreclosure Rates in Major Cities (CNN) compares 10 cities. Atlanta is number 9.
Mapping the Foreclosure Crisis(Atlanta) Center for Community Partnerships --CFCP(Emory University), More CFCP Atlanta research reports
"Atlanta Public Housing," City Journal 10, 2010.
"African American Suburban Development in Atlanta," Southern Spaces, 2006.
Zillow.com is one of the country's leading sources of real estate information. Particularly good at the local level. See Zillow for Druid Hills
realtytrac.com is another source of housing information including statistics.
