Quest is working to address affordable housing coupled with supportive services for homeless and very low income families in Atlanta, Georgia. The targeted communities have struggled in recent years with a declining population, failing schools, blight, poor housing stock, poverty, lack of economic mobility and unemployment. The community has approximately 15,079 residents with 6,333 households; the vast majority of which are rentals (5,834) and most of the rentals are owned by investors.

 

Poverty is concentrated in pockets in the neighborhoods with English Avenue having 64% of all residents and over 80% of children 18 years of age or younger living in poverty. Over 60% of the population uses the Emergency Room as their primary source of healthcare and 24% of adults’ lack health insurance, with 25% of children 19 and under lacking health insurance.