Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the release of the Neighborhood Change Report which summarizes key trends in Atlanta’s neighborhoods. Since 2010, Atlanta has seen significant population growth, recently eclipsing 500,000 residents for the first time in the city’s history.

The Neighborhood Change Report identifies specific neighborhoods in the city that have seen substantial demographic shifts as a result of the growth of the last decade. The analysis completed in the report represents a critical step forward in the Mayor’s One Atlanta Housing Affordability Action Plan. “This report is a key step in advancing our goals of launching initiatives that are designed to protect legacy residents and create housing that is affordable and accessible for all Atlantans,” said Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

The Neighborhood Change Report identifies four distinct types of neighborhood change from 2010-2018: low-income displacement, low-income concentration, population growth, and population decline. The report found that although low-income displacement was the most common type of neighborhood change in Atlanta, there were also many neighborhoods that saw population growth without evidence of substantial low-income resident displacement. Additionally, several neighborhoods experienced increasing concentrations of low-income residents. “This report helps us to understand the specific ways that neighborhoods in the city are changing and enables us to create targeted policies and programs that are designed to address the unique challenges rapidly changing neighborhoods are facing,” said Tim Keane, Commissioner of City Planning

The release of the Neighborhood Change Report advances the Mayor’s housing affordability agenda to ensure that Atlanta is an equitable and inclusive city; one that is affordable and accessible to anyone that wants to call Atlanta home. “The Neighborhood Change Report plays an important role in our fight for a more equitable city, helping us to see how and where we can direct our resources to the communities that need it most,” added Commissioner Keane.