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Wednesday was a special day for seniors at the Peabody Apartments, with a resource fair being organized by the Augusta Housing Authority.

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF)- Augusta’s Housing and Community Development Department is working to provide the chance for educators to own a home. The department was recently awarded funds for the ‘Tenured Educators Affordable Community Housing’ program or T.E.A.C.H. for short. Many teachers are in the low income bracket and many struggle to find affordable housing. T.E.A.C.H. […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The children of an Augusta couple murdered in their home nearly three years ago await answers to the grisly crime. Until they get justice, they reflect. “It’s a lot of grand kids. It’s a lot of cousins,” said Corey Cooper, a son. “It’s just a lot of (laughs), a lot of […]

Before Amanda Olson became executive director of the organization, it had no housing. It now has 76 units of rental housing in Augusta and more than 100 proposed.

Those who interact most closely with the homeless say it's a misconception that they don't want to work or try to help themselves.