One year after the city of Atlanta’s new rapid rehousing initiative kicked off with The Melody, a shipping-container village downtown, the effort has produced 63 affordable apartments for people experiencing homelessness, with another 200 on the way.
But is the city on track to deliver its goal of 500 units by the end of 2025? Mayor Andre Dickens’ top policy advisor, Joshua Humphries, thinks so — but he said the city must still figure out where the 237 units for the next phase will go.
After starting 2024 by opening The Melody’s 40 shipping-container apartments at 184 Forsyth Street, the city closed out the year by cutting the ribbon on Bonaventure, a refurbished 23-unit apartment building in Virginia-Highland. Like The Melody, it offers fully furnished studio units for people who have been homeless for extended periods…