Housing Services
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Historic Athens
Hands On Athens aims to create a coalition of organizations dedicated to assisting low-income Athens Clarke County homeowners in historic neighborhoods to maintain, repair, and restore their properties as part of overall neighborhood revitalization.
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Athens Housing Authority
The Athens Housing Authority offers homeownership opportunities for families of various income levels.
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Athens Habitat for Humanity
Athens Area Habitat for Humanity brings families and communities in need together with volunteers and resources to build decent, affordable housing
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Athens Land Trust
The Athens Land Trust conserves, empowers and sustains communities through responsible and visionary land use.
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Demolition Services
The Demolition Program focuses on the removal of slum and blight through the (voluntary) demolition of dilapidated residential structures.
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Housing Counseling
General housing counseling, credit counseling for prospective homeowners, mortgage counseling, homebuyer delinquency and predatory lending counseling, foreclosure prevention assistance, reverse mortgage counseling, home maintenance and financial management for new homeowners, rental housing counseling, and fair housing counseling are services that are available in Athens-Clarke County.