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Housing Choice Voucher Program: COVID-19 updates

Our team has provided a helpful FAQ for our applicants, participants and owners associated with our Housing Choice Voucher program .

1) I was selected from the waiting list or I am in the eligibility process and was required to provide documentation. How can I submit documents?...

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March 27, 2020
Housing Choice Voucher

Banks County officials gather, reflect on Broadband Ready Certification

Banks County officials gather, reflect on Broadband Ready Certification

Banks County is Georgia’s second county to be recognized by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for its Broadband Ready Certification. On March 5, DCA Broadband Executive Director Deana Perry presented city officials with a certificate of recognition. Those in...

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March 11, 2020
Broadband

Two Georgia counties receive $5M in funding from USDA ReConnect program

Two Georgia counties receive $5M in funding from USDA ReConnect program

Evans County, one of the most recent Broadband Ready communities, and McIntosh County were awarded $5M in US Department of Agriculture (USDA) ReConnect funds on Feb. 21. Evans County was also recognized as a Broadband Ready Community on Feb. 6 by the Georgia Department of...

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February 27, 2020
Broadband

City of Claxton’s Broadband Ready designation marks first multi-jurisdictional recognition

City of Claxton’s Broadband Ready designation marks first multi-jurisdictional recognition

The City of Claxton reached a milestone as the first city to have a Broadband Ready designation within a county with the same recognition. Evans County (in which Claxton is located) was recognized for its Broadband Ready designation on Feb. 5 , and Claxton was honored on Feb. 21...

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February 26, 2020
Broadband

Housing Symposium Focuses on Solutions

Housing Symposium Focuses on Solutions

Nearly 300 housing professionals gathered in Savannah to discuss emergency solutions, mental health, homelessness and more as part of the Annual Housing Symposium, hosted by DCA’s Department of Homeless and Special Needs Housing (HMIS), from Feb. 10-12.

Activities and sessions included panels on...

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February 25, 2020
HMIS, ESG, HOPWA, Balance of State, Housing Symposium, RPH

Georgia Main Street Program Announces 2 New GEMS Communities

Georgia Main Street Program Announces 2 New GEMS Communities

The Georgia Main Street program announced Acworth and Dublin are newly designated Georgia Exceptional Main Street communities (GEMS), joining only 15 other communities across the state that hold this accolade.

The staff of the Office of Downtown Development with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs attended the December council meetings of each city to relay the...

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February 21, 2020
Main Street Georgia

USDA Awards $4.4M to Gilmer County for Broadband Enhancement Project

USDA Awards $4.4M to Gilmer County for Broadband Enhancement Project

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a $4.4M USDA ReConnect grant award for the Ellijay Telephone Company in Gilmer County on Feb. 7. The funds will benefit the Gilmer County Rural Broadband Enhancement Project, an initiative intended to provide 90 miles of new optical fiber transport facilities.

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February 11, 2020
Broadband

Six communities recognized at PlanFirst Day at the Capitol

Six communities recognized at PlanFirst Day at the Capitol

Oconee County and the cities of Dallas, Douglas, Duluth, Powder Springs and Vidalia received PlanFirst designations from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). This program recognizes and rewards communities that demonstrate successful implementation of their local comprehensive plan....

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February 11, 2020
PlanFirst

DCA, partners mark launch of affordable housing initiative

DCA, partners mark launch of affordable housing initiative

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) granted the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Coalition Revolving Fund $8 million in Tax Credit Assistance Payment (TCAP) funds to support the acquisition, construction and/or rehabilitation of multi-family affordable housing across the state....

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February 10, 2020
Housing Tax Credit

Evans County marks Georgia’s Fourth Community to Earn Broadband Ready Designation

Evans County marks Georgia’s Fourth Community to Earn Broadband Ready Designation

For years, residents in Evans County have reached out to local government officials about bringing in faster data speeds to its unincorporated areas. On Feb. 5, the county was recognized at the State Capitol for its recent Broadband Ready Community Designation .

Casey...

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February 06, 2020
Broadband

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