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WSB-TV: Mayor Andre Dickens’ administration is seeking City Council authorization to begin condemnation proceedings on five long-distressed northwest Atlanta properties under the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative. Resolutions would start the process, not seize ownership overnight.
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WABE reports the mayor’s Thursday letter assailed commissioners’ July 15 opposition to six tax-allocation-district extensions tied to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative and withdrew an $80 million detention-center sale offer.
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The proposal would steer $5 billion into affordable housing, transit expansion, and grocery and health care in seven historically underinvested neighborhoods. The catch: it depends on extending the lifespan of all eight of Atlanta's tax-allocation districts.