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Final family to leave Atlanta Street faces area housing shortage
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Julio and Damarais Albaladejo were caught in a bind after they left Atlanta Street apartments as their voucher was only good for a dilapidated house. The family is currently staying with Fair Street principal Will Campbell until it can solve its affordable housing problem.
The last family to leave the Atlanta Street public housing complex in Gainesville is struggling with the same challenges that the first family to relocate encountered: a lack of affordable housing in the city. “I spoke with a number of Atlanta Street tenants while they were searching for housing, and they all reported difficulty finding housing with their voucher,” said Chad McCranie, staff attorney for the Housing Preservation Project with the Georgia Legal Services Program. For two years, Julio Albaladejo, 43, his wife Damarais, 37, and his son Christian, 13, carved out a hardscrabble life at the Green Hunter Homes near downtown.