As the Westside Future Fund attempts to transform blighted homes into affordable housing, rising property values and infrastructural shortcomings pose challenges.
The Atlanta Committee for Progress launched the Westside Future Fund in 2014. The nonprofit seeks to stem a tide of poverty from decades of disinvestment in Westside neighborhoods and prevent displacement now that new development is ramping up the pressures of gentrification.
One of Westside Future Fund’s primary focuses is buying property…
