NEW: Most renters are cost burdened, spending at least 30% of their income on housing. Congress should work to pass a universal cap on annual rent increases at 3% or .75% of the local Consumer Price Index, whichever is lower. climateandcommunity.org/research/nat...

@natemillington.bsky.social

Vince Mancini@vincemancini.bsky.social · 2w ago

Muzzy Donohue

It’s so wild how Waxahatchee’s Saint Cloud album turns any ole moment into pure summer bliss

Thanks to GSU historian Marni Davis’ new article and map, you can now take a step back in time to 1896 to explore the state of Atlanta's immigrant population long before Atlanta developed its reputation as a destination for newcomers. Check it out 👇 atlantastudies.org/2026/07/21/i...

This docuseries made me cry my eyes out for like an hour

ponce city marxist@butterfinger.bsky.social · 2w ago

There's a climbing documentary series on HBO called The Dark Wizard that is So Fucking Good and I don't know why it wasn't a huge deal.

Don't be fooled by the rumor that AMC is starting showings of The Odyssey at the stated time. It's just a ploy to make sure you sit through the full 30 minutes of previews, as I am currently doing thanks to my gullible wife.

ngl I'm starting to get pretty annoyed by press conferences and headlines touting a bill that has so many loopholes as to be completely meaningless when it comes to reining in corporate landlords

"Contemporary rental housing is not priced by a simple, competitive consumer market. It is a financial asset class, financed through commercial mortgage-backed securities valued on projections of future rent growth rather than on what tenants can afford."

Rent Regulation as Financial Regulation

Housing affordability is often framed as a supply problem. This brief examines the role of speculative finance in rental housing and argues that rent regulation is a powerful tool for promoting financ...

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And yet I've been told that renting from a large corporate landlord is amazing and we shouldn't be worried about scrutinizing their business practices or market power!

‘Extremely overwhelmed’: apartment renters face rising tide of fees

Guardian investigation: Renters at apartment buildings operated by industry giant Greystar complain they’re deluged by ‘unfair’ and ‘inflated’ fees. The company denies these claims

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I would love for any of the YIMBY dipshits who refuse to acknowledge the potential existence of housing market concentration to define for me anything they might consider a useable proxy for a housing market or submarket. Best I can tell they don't think these exist either?

NEW: Can landlords act as a monopoly? We're about to find out: A merger between two real-estate behemoths is set to put nearly 200,000 apartments in the hands of one company. (🧵) inthesetimes.com/article/real...

my own mom is a walking obituary column

Austin L. Ray@austinlouisray.bsky.social · 2mo ago

love calling my mom and learning about all the people she knows who have died recently and all the people she knows who will die soon and all the myriad ways people can die in general but most of all i love knowing we get to have this conversation over and over until one of us dies

“Supply solutions do not ask who will occupy new units, on what terms, and with what legal protections. But these questions determine whether increased housing supply actually improves the lives of the people most impacted by the housing crisis.”

The Abundance Agenda’s Anti-Tenancy Blindspot

As policymakers pursue supply-side reforms to address rising housing costs, they must also confront a legal regime that affords tenants second-class status. Without confronting this anti-tenancy bias…

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Set against the backdrop of present day fights over extending Atlanta’s tax allocation districts, Wiggins’ piece calls into question whether these public-private partnerships have ever been able to deliver true benefits for the Atlantans most in need. Be sure to give it a read!

In this excerpt from her recent book "Black Excellence: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Black Liberalism", historian @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social excavates the history of mayor Andrew Young’s introduction of enterprise zones into the City of Atlanta. atlantastudies.org/2026/05/25/t...

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act will have essentially no impact on "institutional investors" (i.e., corporate landlords) in the SFR market The targeting of build-to-rent wouldn't have been my 1st (or 5th) choice for how to rein in these corps, but it was the only SFR provision with any impact

Ronda Kaysen@rondakaysen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

But the biggest holdup is a provision to limit the role institutional investors play in the housing market. It has now been revised twice, and it remains to be seen if the latest changes go far enough to get everyone to the table. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b...

We’re very excited to share our first ever “visual note” publication in Atlanta Studies, by GSU master’s student Aaron Pacheco! This note focuses on mapping the oft-overlooked impacts of toxic pollution on suburban Atlanta’s growing Latinx communities. atlantastudies.org/2026/04/27/m...

Only one of these two is *actually* from Kentucky (thank god)

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Someone sent me this.

"...There will be fewer maps in any future ads, he said." He knows the maps make people realize how much this connected surveillance network blankets neighborhoods. People want to think of it as THEIR camera on THEIR door and connected to nothing, but it's not.

Ring’s Founder Knows You Hated That Super Bowl Ad

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Many thanks to all who have already submitted proposals for the 13th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium! However, in order to maximize participation in this year's symposium, we are extending the abstract and session submission deadline by TWO WEEKS to Friday, February 27th!

There are literally more surveillance cameras in Atlanta (124.14 per 1000 people) than people aged 65 and over (123 per 1000 people) according to the 2024 U.S. Census population estimates

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 6mo ago

Why should you care about the ACPC's financial crisis, even? 1. Atlanta is the most surveilled city in the *world* outside China, with one camera per EIGHT people. 2. "Cop City" protestors were hit with RICO charges for 1st Amendment-protected activities such as handing out flyers and mutual aid.

Really excited to share my latest paper in @ijurresearch.bsky.social on mapping (a more expansive understanding of) absentee housing ownership in Atlanta! 🗺️🏘️📌 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Five classes I took in college? * Dinosaurs and Disasters * Appalachian Music * The American City * Google Maps and the Geography of Information * Civil Rights Movement in the US since 1930 I'd put my little state school education up against just about anybody's.

📆🚨 REMINDER ⏰⚠️ Abstract submissions for the 13th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium are due in EXACTLY ONE MONTH! Be sure to submit your proposal for a paper, poster or organized session by February 13th! More info at the CFP below 👇👇 atlantastudies.org/2025/12/17/c...

📣 Calling all geographers! I'm editing a special issue of the @geographers.bsky.social Annals on "21st Century Geographic Theory" and the call for abstracts is out! Please consider contributing and sharing! All geographers, all kinds of theory welcome! 🌎 Details here: www.aag.org/journal/anna...

As we ring in the new year, it's time to recap all the excellent Atlanta-focused scholarship from 2025 that was published outside of our own (virtual) pages! Catch up on all that you missed throughout the year with our annual round up here: atlantastudies.org/2026/01/01/s...

We are especially excited to welcome @brian-goldstone.bsky.social & Augustus Wood to deliver the keynotes at this year's symposium, sharing their respective work documenting the resilience & resistance of Atlanta's Black working class, who have long been left at the margins of Atlanta scholarship

We are excited to announce the 13th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium, to be held Thursday, May 14, 2026 at Georgia State University. More information on the symposium and how to submit your abstract or session proposal is available from: atlantastudies.org/2025/12/17/c...

I wonder if Santa knows the locations of all 60,000+ surveillance cameras the Atlanta Police Department has access to? Maybe he can give that data to the public as a kind of collective Christmas gift?

Matthew Guariglia@mguariglia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Atlanta is such a heavily surveilled city that even Santa is now getting in on the action.