WABE’s Stephannie Stokes spent a year investigating issues at the Forest Cove public housing complex. And what she discovered was outrageous conditions and a city, state and federal government that residents say forgot about them.
While private companies owned and operated the buildings, receiving federal subsidies for the low-income tenants, units in the buildings were rat-infested, falling down and even left vacant after being shelled out from fire.
Promises were made over the years, but very little changed. Less than 24 hours after Part Five of our series ran, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens visited the complex and he made another promise: To relocate the tenants by the end of the week. No concrete plan has yet materialized (or at least been released publicly).
All charged up…
The number of electric vehicles on the roads in Georgia is expected to grow exponentially in the coming years, and that means more charging stations will be needed. Now there’s a battle brewing at the state Capitol over who should be allowed to have those charging stations.
Georgia’s Board of Regents calls for Sonny with a chance of controversy…
Former Georgia Gov. and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, shown here on Capitol Hill in April 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
The regents of Georgia’s public universities voted unanimously Tuesday to name former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as the sole finalist to become chancellor overseeing 26 universities.
