The Georgia TrustWest Atlanta Preservation Initiative
Through this program the Georgia Trust demonstrates that it is feasible to rehabilitate and revitalize neighborhoods affordably and sustainably.
Buyers who meet specific income limits for affordable historic homes
From georgiatrust.org/our-programs/west-atlanta-preservation-initiative ↗About this program
Through this program, The Georgia Trust aims to rehabilitate and revitalize historic housing affordably and sustainably.
In March 2018, The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation launched its West Atlanta Preservation Initiative by purchasing two historic houses in West Atlanta that were sustainably rehabilitated and sold as affordable housing. The Trust partnered with the Atlanta Land Trust to provide permanent affordability for the owners of properties that were rehabilitated through the Initiative in 2019 and 2020. The Georgia Trust additionally donated a plot of land to Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, allowing for the construction of an affordable house.
In 2022, the initiative was expanded with the rehabilitation of a shotgun house in the historic Pittsburgh neighborhood. Like the two houses previously rehabilitated through the West Atlanta Initiative, the project will incorporate historic preservation and green building standards. The property will be sold through the Atlanta Land Trust to buyers who meet a specific income limit.
Preservation easements are placed on the homes to protect them from demolition or insensitive alterations in perpetuity.
Details
- Who
- Buyers who meet specific income limits for affordable historic homes
- Where
- West Atlanta, including the historic Pittsburgh, Washington Park and Mozley Park neighborhoods
Run by
Places in PerilThe Georgia Trust's Places in Peril program seeks to identify and preserve historic sites threatened by demolition, neglect, lack of maintenance, inappropriate development or insensitive public policy.Grants & FellowshipsThe Trust offers grants for historic preservation projects, as well as fellowships for research and travel study.AdvocacyThe Georgia Trust works with a statewide network of preservation advocates who encourage state and national public policies that promote the preservation of historic resources and tax credits and funding for preservation projects.