ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Community Development/Human Services Committee of the Atlanta City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday urging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to revise how it calculates area median income (AMI). The resolution goes before the full council Monday. It cannot force HUD to change its affordability metrics but urges the agency to do so. District 3 council member Byron Amos sponsored the resolution. Amos hopes the state’s federal representatives will support it. “Just the concept of affordability is slowly slipping out of the grasps of everyday Americans. This paper [legislation] actually strikes at the heart of it,” Amos said. The resolution asks HUD to revise its methodology to reflect local income conditions, prevent artificial rent increases and protect affordability for low-income and extremely low-income residents. The resolution directs the Department of City Planning, the Housing Innovation Lab and Atlanta Housing to engage with HUD during any rulemaking or comment period and to submit technical comments supporting the changes. It also directs the municipal clerk to send a copy to the U.S. secretary of housing and urban development, the Georgia congressional delegation, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services and the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. The resolution takes effect immediately upon approval. The full council is set to vote on the resolution on…
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