Hello! My name is Kaitlyn Hood and I am the co-lead for the Housing Insecurity Center. I am a third year student studying International Affairs and Economics! In this post, I will talk about how Georgians– and more specifically, Athenians– managed the fall 2025 government shutdown’s impact on affordable housing programs as well as how an Affordable Housing Fund could help alleviate some of the challenges posed by losing federal support. “Every extra day that a shutdown goes

This is Cole Hendricks, the co-lead for policy analysis at API. Our center members continued to look at the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Commission’s activities to achieve a better understanding of what the commission did during the month of November as it pertains to the topics covered by API’s other centers. The following is what they found relative to each subject. Criminal Justice by Max Swain Additionally, the ACC Commission had policy proceedings connected to the field o

API's Co-Executive Director and 3rd year Comparative Literature, International Affairs, and Political Science major Emma Grace Jarvis explores the potential of inclusionary zoning as a strategy to address Athens-Clarke County's affordable housing crisis and the limitations the current voluntary approach poses in the Athens community. It is no secret to any Athens resident or student at UGA that there is an affordable housing crisis in the Athens-Clarke County community. Over