Tag: Partners for Home

Stan Sugarman is only half-joking when he says there isn’t much left of the original Atlanta Motel building. After a yearlong renovation, the once-derelict Reynoldstown motel, nestled between Moreland Avenue and an I-20 on-ramp, is now home to an affordable housing complex named The Ralph David House.

Cornelius Taylor, 46, was killed on the morning of January 16, when a front loader truck struck him inside his tent during an attempted clearing of the homeless encampment where he was living. The tragedy sent shock waves through Atlanta and ignited a fierce debate over how the city handles the residents of homeless encampments. How did a supposedly routine encampment clearance go so wrong—and how can the city prevent it from happening again?

The Point-in-Time Count, a survey conducted at the end of January every year, is mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, better known as HUD. The government and local homeless service organizations use the data to understand how many people are living unsheltered, who they are, and what kind of resources they need. The data from the 2025 survey is set to be released in the coming weeks.