In 1994 the Atlanta Housing Authority

Atlanta Housing Authority

Atlanta Housing Authority is organized under Georgia law to develop, acquire, lease and operate affordable housing for low-income families. Today, AHA is the largest housing agency in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation, serving approximately 50,000 people.-AHA model:In 1996, AHA created...

, discouraged by the failure of its public housing projects and encouraged by the federal HOPE VI

HOPE VI

HOPE VI is a plan by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is meant to revitalize the worst public housing projects in the United States into mixed-income developments. Its philosophy is largely based on New Urbanism and the concept of Defensible space.The program began...

 program, embarked on a policy of demolishing public housing projects and building mixed-income communities in their place.

Ashley Auburn Pointe

site of former Grady Homes in the Sweet Auburn

Sweet Auburn

The Sweet Auburn Historic District is a historic African-American neighborhood along Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs, referring to the "richest Negro street in the world". The Sweet Auburn district includes:*the Martin Luther King, Jr...

 neighborhood. Includes the Veranda at Auburn Pointe complex.

Centennial Place

site of former Techwood Homes

Techwood Homes

Techwood Homes was the first public housing project in the United States, opened just before the First Houses. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, it replaced a shantytown known as Tanyard Bottom or Tech Flats. It was completed on August 15, 1936, but was dedicated on November 29 of the previous year by...

 and Clark Howell in the Centennial Hill

Centennial Hill

Centennial Hill is an urban district located at the northern edge of Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The name was originally coined by Hines Interests and applied only to their planned development in the area. Although the development was never started and the land later sold, the name remained and...

 district of Downtown Atlanta

Downtown Atlanta

Downtown Atlanta is the first and largest of the three financial districts in the city of Atlanta. Downtown Atlanta is the location of many corporate or regional headquarters, city, county, state and federal government facilities, sporting facilities, and is the central tourist attraction of the city...

Columbia at Mechanicsville Station

Replaced the 41 acres (16.6 ha) 293-unit McDaniel-Glenn Homes in the northwest corner of Mechanicsville

Mechanicsville (Atlanta)

Mechanicsville is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It sits in the shadow of both downtown Atlanta and Turner Field. The neighborhood is bounded by:* I-20 on the north, across which is Castleberry Hill and Downtown Atlanta...

, torn down between February and May 2006.

Summerdale Commons

in NPU

Neighborhood planning unit

The Neighborhood Planning Unit is a neighborhood-scale governmental structure used in the city of Atlanta, Georgia.The system was established in 1974 by Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard Holbrook Jackson...

 Z in southwest Atlanta. Recognized by the city as an official neighborhood of Atlanta.

The Villages at Carver

Site of former Carver Homes in southeast Atlanta, west of South Atlanta

South Atlanta

Although many Atlantans may refer to the south side of Atlanta, Georgia as "South Atlanta", South Atlanta is in fact an officially defined neighborhood of the city of Atlanta within the south side, and one rich in African-American history...

 and east of Joyland

Joyland (Atlanta)

Joyland is a neighborhood of small, single family homes in southeast Atlanta, Georgia and site of a former 1921 amusement park built for African Americans....

 and High Point

High Point (Atlanta)

High Point is a neighborhood of Atlanta on the south side of the city, south of the BeltLine and the neighborhood of Peoplestown, west of South Atlanta and the Villages at Carver, north of Joytown and east of Capitol View Manor. It is a small planned community containing primarily newly constructed...

. Recognized by the city as an official neighborhood of Atlanta.

The Villages of Castleberry Hill

Site of former John Hope Homes. Recognized by the city as an official neighborhood of Atlanta. Despite the name, this community is not in Castleberry Hill and lies south of that neighborhood.

The Villages of East Lake

Site of former East Lake Meadows. Recognized by the city as an official neighborhood of Atlanta.

West Highlands

An official neighborhood of Atlanta. Site of former Perry Homes, which were demolished in 1999. Includes

• Columbia Estates, 124 townhouses and garden-style apartments, for rent
• Columbia Heritage, a 132-unit mixed-income seniors housing development
• Columbia Park Citi, a 154-unit mixed-income garden-style apartment complex
• Columbia Crest, a 152-unit mixed-use project with 5000 square feet (464.5 m²) of retail space; and
• Columbia Grove, a 138-unit multifamily project that will be the final phase

Senior citizen highrises

While Palmer and Roosevelt were razed, these senior citizen highrises were renovated:

John O. Chiles

Located at 435 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. Renovated 2008.