The ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are testing the limits of our legal and social systems – and the human suffering is great.

“Stay home.” “Stay safe.” These are the tag lines to every conversation I have with friends, with colleagues, with loved ones. But for many Atlantans, home is anything but safe.

This heartwarming essay from Angelica, one of our Cristo Rey interns, speaks to the core of our mission at AVLF.

What kind of emotional and social weight does having a home carry? Everyone deserves to have a safe and stable place to call home.

Atlanta’s lack of affordable housing and booming gentrification are serious problems for all low-income people in our city – but some communities are hit harder than others.

For many of our clients who are facing housing instability, financial literacy can be a significant barrier to the safety and stability they deserve.

At the APyeS! Awards on October 29th, we received the incredible honor of the Atlanta Public Schools District Partner of the Year Award.

We love a transformation story – a dramatic before-and-after. But the key to real and lasting change isn’t quite as glamorous. 

We’ve hired four new staff attorneys – two on the Safe and Stable Families team, and two on the Safe and Stable Homes team. Meet the newest members of our community!

Before they were lawyers, these attorneys all worked in the same (seemingly unrelated) field.

On August 1st, leadership from the Kresge Foundation – one of our major grantors – visited one of our Standing with Our Neighbors schools.

When squaring up to our biggest systemic problems – like institutionalized racism and inter-generational poverty – maybe hope isn’t quite what we need.