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The Gentrification of Atlanta

KPFA - Against the Grain

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Rent Control in the Sunbelt Metros

Sasha Lilly speaks with Dan Immagloch about his book Red Hot City, Housing, Race, and Exclusion in 21st Century Atlanta. How does the government at the state level shape the choices that are made in Atlanta for good or for ill? It's funny because most of these Sunbelt metros, Nashville, Atlanta, New Orleans, Phoenix, their state governments are quite conservative, they're very property rights oriented. They seem to be in favor of local control when it comes to redeveloping low income properties and the high income properties which causes displacement. But when it comes time to can this local government create a fair housing law that says you have to accept housing vouchers or rent

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