The plan has received opposition from citizens and skepticism from the unhoused community.
The city of Atlanta plans to relocate homeless people before the city hosts eight matches of the FIFA World Cup in June 2026.
A $212 million development looks to rehouse hundreds of unhoused residents. City officials are naming the plan “Downtown Rising,” Fox 5 reports. The affordable housing development, located on Cooper Street in Mechanicsville, broke ground on June 13…