Mayor Andre Dickens has signed an executive order to move forward with a new $4 million plan to help fight homelessness in Atlanta.
The multi-phase rapid housing initiative calls for refurbishing shipping containers into places to live for the unhoused. The $4 million funding comes from the city’s chief financial officer, which then will be distributed to the nonprofit organization, Partners For Home (PFH).
Dickens says the plan is the innovative push the metro Atlanta area needs amid its housing crisis.
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