RFP 2026-0109 Englewood South Phase Two Development

Englewood South
Phase Two
Development
RFP-2026-0109

I. Solicitation
Overview
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INTRODUCTION
1.1 About Atlanta Housing
The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georgia (also referred
to as "Atlanta Housing" or "AH") is the largest housing authority in
Georgia and one of the largest in the nation. Atlanta Housing provides
and facilitates affordable housing resources for over 27,000 low-income
households. These affordable housing resources include AH-owned
residential communities, AH-sponsored mixed-income, mixed-finance
residential communities, tenant-based vouchers (known as Housing
Choice Vouchers or "HCV"), HomeFlex Program (formerly the Project
Based Voucher Program), supportive housing arrangements, and
homeownership opportunities.
Atlanta Housing has broad corporate powers including, but not
limited to, the power to acquire, manage, own, operate, develop
and revitalize affordable housing. Atlanta Housing's programs are
funded and regulated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development ("HUD"). Using its Moving-to-Work flexibility granted
by HUD, Atlanta Housing has implemented an array of innovations
that benefit low-income families and expand housing choice. Atlanta
Housing's approach to providing quality affordable housing and human
development services is based on the belief that people can do better
when given access to quality living environments and the tools they
need to become self-sufficient. To learn more about Atlanta Housing,
its history, mission and business plan, Respondents are encouraged to
visit Atlanta Housing's website at www.atlantahousing.org
Examples of Atlanta Housing codevelopment projects.
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MISSION
1.2 Atlanta Housing's Mission and Plan plan, the new developments catalyze neighborhood transformation,
creating healthy and thriving neighborhoods and advancing education,
health, and economic opportunities for the residents.
Serving over 50,000 residents through its federally assisted housing
resources, Atlanta Housing is the largest housing authority in Georgia
The demand for equitable, diverse communities with affordable housing
and one of the nation's largest. Atlanta Housing is organized under
has never been greater as documented in Mayor Andre Dickens' pledge
Georgia law to develop, acquire, operate, and lease affordable housing
to build or preserve over 20,000 affordable housing units by 2027. Atlanta
for low-income families. Atlanta Housing's ability to adapt to change
Housing's Strategic Plan for 2023-2027 commits to the creation and
by cultivating strategic partnerships and developing innovative solutions
preservation of 10,000 affordable housing units by 2027 in support of the
has made the agency a national leader in developing affordable housing,
Mayor's initiative by fulfilling Atlanta Housing's mission to open doors
mixed-income developments, and community transformation.
to safe, quality affordable homes, build inclusive communities of choice
and create opportunities for economic mobility. Please refer to https://
In recognition of Atlanta Housing's ranking as a High Performing public
www.atlantahousing.org/click-here-to-view-the-strategic-plan-fiscal-
housing agency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
year-2023-2027/ for more information.
("HUD") selected Atlanta Housing to participate in the innovative Moving-
to-Work ("MTW") Demonstration Program. The MTW Demonstration
With the goal of providing quality affordable housing seamlessly in
Program gives Atlanta Housing the flexibility to design and test creative
healthy mixed-income communities, Atlanta Housing works with its
approaches to providing quality, affordable housing, facilitating self-
private sector partners and leverages all of its assets - land, MTW
sufficiency, and achieving greater efficiency and effectiveness. Atlanta
flexibility, expertise, access to funds, tax abatement, partnerships,
Housing's MTW Plans and Reports are available on the Atlanta Housing
and goodwill - to create amenity-rich, quality housing opportunities
website at https://www.atlantahousing.org/about-us/plans-reports/.
for low-income families.
Over the past two decades, Atlanta Housing and its private sector partners
The Atlanta Housing approach to public-private partnerships for real
have successfully created healthy and sustainable mixed-use, mixed-
estate development informs the typical roles that Atlanta Housing will
income communities with an economic impact on the City of Atlanta of
take as described in Section III and for the developer in Section IV. The
more than $2 billion, allowing formerly neglected areas of Atlanta to grow
documents that will govern the development and operation of the project
and prosper. With over twenty-five years of experience and a track record
will provide further details.
of partnering with the private sector, Atlanta Housing has proven to be
a leader in using the public-private partnership model to successfully
develop and operate real estate with an affordable housing component.
By partnering with developers, stakeholders, and the community to
incorporate place-based community development strategies into the
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OVERVIEW
1.3 Solicitation Overview to families and seniors in healthy communities. The need is great and
will require aggressive methods of production that can accelerate the
Consistent with its strategic goals and agency mission, it is the intent delivery of new affordable housing units.
of Atlanta Housing to enter into a redevelopment agreement with
a selected developer to redevelop three vacant blocks in Atlanta Developers and development teams are not required to
Housing's 30-acre former Englewood Manor public housing site be prequalified with Atlanta Housing to submit responses.
in the Chosewood Park neighborhood on the southeast side of Developers who incorporate small firms will receive technical
Atlanta, Georgia. It consists of the remaining three "shovel-ready" award points that are a component of determining overall
development pads (referred to as Englewood South Phase Two) on value.
approximately eight (8) acres of land. The purpose of this Request
for Proposals ("RFP") is to identify experienced developers and invite This RFP contains site specific information that is intended for
proposals from private sector and non-profit developers with mixed- consideration by those firms who plan to participate in Atlanta
income development experience and financial capacity to develop. Housing's developer evaluation process to determine financial and
operational capacity to carry out multi-year, mixed-finance, mixed-use
The development of Englewood South Phase Two offers an exceptional redevelopment on the eight acres of land.
opportunity to increase the supply of affordable housing along the
Beltline Southeast Trail with an urban development plan. Atlanta As the sponsor in a public-private partnership, Atlanta Housing is
Housing's vision for the entire Englewood site includes two phases seeking a developer or development team with the capacity, resources
united by a network of walkable streets, high-quality parks, and state and a development program that will advance development on the
of the art green infrastructure. Phase One is currently underway and vacant blocks within eighteen (18) months of the execution of the master
features a 160-unit senior mixed-use building, a 200-unit family mixed- development agreement ("MDA") for the first phase, with limited
use building, and approximately 100 duplex and townhouse for-sale reliance on Low-Income Housing Tax Credits or other competitive
units. Phase Two should include both senior and family mixed-use funding that will delay an accelerated production schedule.
buildings that can take advantage of the substantial public investment
made by the City of Atlanta and Atlanta Housing in a central park,
playground, and naturalized stormwater management pond. This
solicitation is being issued during the City of Atlanta's unprecedented
affordable housing crisis and will serve to accelerate production of
new units of affordable housing that offer quality housing solutions
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