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Atlanta Street development leads to hundreds losing homes
Renovation highlights lack of affordable options in Gainesville
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Shirley Harris listens Monday afternoon during a meeting of Green Hunter Homes residents and representatives of the Georgia Legal Services Prorgam to discusss possible major changes at the Atlanta Street apartments.
Deafening chatter bounced off the walls inside the sparse community center as dozens of Atlanta Street residents gathered Monday afternoon to learn about plans to redevelop the Green Hunter Homes. Those plans call for relocating hundreds of residents as early as next year so that Gainesville’s largest housing project can be demolished. “We want you all to be successful in this transition,” said Beth Brown, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority.