Atlanta Tenants and housing activists packed the Neighborhood Church in East Atlanta July 8 for a People's Town Hall to launch a statewide effort to overturn a Georgia law that forbids any rent control measures from being enacted in any jurisdiction. People traveled from around the state,

Many of the featured speakers were Black women who have borne the brunt of rundown housing, where they are charged exorbitant rents and utility costs and are constantly threatened with eviction. Youth of all nationalities and genders described how they often share one bedroom apartments with other people and still struggle to pay the rent.

While a number of those in attendance were experienced at tenant organizing, others came to learn.

Everyone agreed to support a campaign to promote rent control measures to be enacted at every level, including statewide. Another popular issue was the demand for public land to be used to build public housing for households with incomes of 0-30% of Area Median Income.