The Atlanta Regional Housing Forum is a quarterly gathering of people working across sectors to address one of the region’s most urgent challenges: ensuring that residents of all incomes can find safe, stable, affordable homes in communities with access to opportunity.

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Founded nearly four decades ago by Bill Bolling, founder and longtime leader of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Forum brings together affordable housing practitioners, public officials, nonprofit leaders, developers, philanthropic partners, advocates, researchers, service providers, and concerned residents for timely, practical conversations about housing and community development.

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At each Forum, participants hear from local and national leaders, examine emerging issues, and explore the policies, partnerships, funding tools, and community strategies needed to produce and preserve affordable housing throughout metro Atlanta.

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Forum topics regularly include affordable housing development and preservation, community development, transportation and transit, homelessness, health, equitable growth, public funding and subsidies, and the broader systems that shape housing access and stability.

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The Forum’s purpose is educational and action-oriented: to build shared understanding, strengthen relationships across sectors, and inspire advocates, decision-makers, and residents to take action that increases metro Atlanta’s capacity to meet its housing needs.

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Under the leadership of Bill Bolling, the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum is planned and produced by a Steering Committee comprised of representatives from: Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Civitas Housing Group, HouseATL, and Mercy Housing Southeast

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