Mayor Andre Dickens broke ground Friday on additional housing constructed for homeless people, part of an initiative called Downtown Rising that Atlanta is racing to complete before hosting games during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Dickens and other city officials were at the site of a former homelessencampment on Cooper Street in the Mechanicsville neighborhood to announce the plan to rapidly house dozens of people in the community this year. The development will include mixed-income housing and wraparound services, including mental health care and a workforce development program to help people stay housed.
“This will give families opportunities to stay, invest and build generational wealth in this neighborhood, and so we’re using high-quality, modular units to move quickly and to get families housed as quickly as possible,” Dickens said…