Movie Trailer for "From Despair To Hope: The Discussion"

[wildpeachatl737]

As an Atlanta resident for over 20 years, I've got to honestly say that I'm not seeing the progress that this video proclaims. There is less affordable housing and many of those displaced by the removal of these housing units are either ill-prepared to live in other areas outside of the city, have transportation issues or many are deemed unqualified to return to the communities in which they lived due to unfair rules and regulations.

[wildpeachatl737]

The housing crisis along with the demolition of the housing projects has led to a new class of homelessness in Atlanta where families are now nomadic in nature. The Section 8 program is fraught with unscrupulous landlords as people are constantly looking for places to live as properties are being foreclosed on under their feet. Doling out Section 8 vouchers and telling residents to "get in where you fit in and if you fit, you fit" isn't much of a plan.

[wildpeachatl737]

We all realize that these properties encompassed valuable real estate, which the suburban residents who fled the city in droves years ago are now ready to reclaim Atlanta as well as the developers more than willing to take advantage of building such complexes, and there's no need or function for the former residents in this equation. The problems haven't been solved, they've just been dispersed elsewhere for someone else to deal with.

[terminuszone1]

Well said, wildpeachatl737.