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Dedication ceremony for  historical markers to commence the first of it's kind public housing in the United States of America, the former sites of Techwood Homes and University Homes with Emory Professor and Urban Historian, Christina Crawford and Atlanta's Mayor, Andre Dickens in Atlanta, Georgia. |    OCTOBER 11, 2022

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Groundbreaking ceremony for the senior development project for 55+  residents that will bring 108 affordable and independent units to the Adamsville neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia |    AUGUST 31, 2022

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Atlanta Housing and APS Partnerships participated in this series of leadership talks in the local area school to educate and motivate the next generation of leaders in Atlanta, Georgia. |    SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

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Runoff Election Special 2021

WABE & Atlanta Civic Circle hosted a A discussion on how a new mayor and city council should address the city’s housing challenges with Atlanta Housing CEO, Eugene Jones and Sarah Kirsch, Urban Land Institute Atlanta Executive Director  |    NOVEMBER 24, 2021

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Atlanta Leaders at Herndon

City leaders HUD Sec of State, Marcia Fudge,
Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta Mayor, 
,Nikema Williams, Congresswoman, Senators Reverend Warnock & John Ossoff joined Atlanta Housing at Herndon Square to discuss housing rehabilitation and community revitalization. 
|    SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

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Atlanta's Most Admired CEOs 2021

Q&A with Eugene Jones Jr., one of Atlanta's 2021 Most Admired CEOs. honorees were recognized at an awards event on at the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre at The Battery Atlanta.  |    AUGUST 19, 2021

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The Holistic Housing Podcast

Atlanta Housing Authority CEO Eugene Jones, Jr. joins the show bringing the perspective of a career in housing that has taken him from San Francisco to Atlanta and many places in between.   |    AUGUST 19, 2021

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Communities of Choice Townhall

Moderator, Eugene E. Jones, Jr. had the esteemed opportunity to moderate a panel of housing and urban development practitioners in a discussion about the COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination process.  |    MARCH, 2021

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Atlanta Magazine 2021

Eugene E. Jones, Jr. of the Atlanta Housing Authority is featured is this prominent Atlanta print magazine and annual list of Top 500 Professionals under the 'Government and Infrastructure' category on page 84.     |    January 20, 2021

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USA Today

Reporter Romina Ruiz-Goiriena  speaks to Eugene Jones, Jr., CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority on his perspective about homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.  |    DECEMBER 20, 2020

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WABE NPR Radio

JIM BURRESS, LILY OPPENHEIMER., producer's and hots of Atlanta's All Things Considered radio broadcast on NPR, featured Eugene Jones, Jr. COVID-19 Impact: Struggles Continue For Georgia Renters, In Atlanta Housing Sector   |    NOVEMBER 13, 2020

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The Innovators Podcast

Housing Empowers with Housing Guru Eugene Jones, Jr., and hosts Richard Levick and Dr. George French, Jr.  on how affordable, safe and accessible housing is at the center of economic resurgence, personal empowerment, diversity initiatives and upward mobility.   |    OCTOBER 27, 2020

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ReThink IT Podcast

Avero Advisors Podcast host, Abhijit Verekar, speaks to Eugene E. Jones, Jr. on Building Thriving Communities Where People Can Thrive And Live With Dignity  |   March 22, 2021

Change Makers with Katie Goar

ForbesBooks Radio

PART 2, Episode 5 with  Change Maker,  Eugene Jones, the CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority. Eugene has 35 years of public housing leadership experience and is globally recognized as a turnaround expert who also served a four-and-a-half-year stint as CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority.   |    August 4, 2020

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SaportaReport

In new book, AH CEO calls to ‘revamp nation’s housing policy’ With his new book “Housing Humans,” though, he aims to spotlight the systemic inequities that for decades have perpetuated a widespread affordable housing crisis, and to identify potential remedies public officials can utilize to tackle such issues.  Sean Keenan  |    OCTOBER 8, 2020

Change Makers with Katie Goar

ForbesBooks Radio

PART 1.  This week’s ChangeMaker is Eugene Jones, the CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority. Eugene has 35 years of public housing leadership experience and is globally recognized as a turnaround expert who also served a four-and-a-half-year stint as CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority.    |   July 28, 2020

COVID-19 threatens evictions

The Hill

National housing policy needs a complete renovation. America’s national housing policy urgently needs a foundation-to-roof renovation. As COVID-19 now threatens to induce a surge of evictions and greater homelessness, this policy utterly lacks the capacity to scale to the challenges. 


BY EUGENE JONES JR., OPINION CONTRIBUTOR July 19, 2020 06:00 PM EDT 

Eugene Jones on affodabel housing and political accountability

Governing.com

Over a long career, Eugene Jones Jr. has led several big-city public-housing agencies. In an interview, he discusses the federal landscape, affordable housing and political accountability.


JABARI SIMAMA, GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION COLUMNIST   |   JULY 15, 2020   

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Chicago PRWEB

As COVID-19 Worsens Housing Crisis, Public Housing’s “Mr. Fixit” Shares Insights in New Book. 


Eugene Jones: Only Official That’s Led Housing Authorities in Nine Major Cities

 

Marc Brailov, Global Public Relations  JUNE 08, 2020

Eugene Jones Jr. on The Atlanta Voice

The Atlanta Voice

If there is one thing for certain, Eugene Jones, Jr. is certain that Atlanta Housing is primed and ready for success. With the support of a mayor who has made affordable housing one of her primary agenda items, Jones is equally confident in his team and the Atlanta Housing Authority board.   Marshall Latimore | The Atlanta Voice   |    MARCH 13, 2020

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WGN Radio Podcast

Chief Executive Officer for the Chicago Housing Authority, joins Justin to discuss his career in public housing, the challenges he’s facing during his second year on the job, the importance of the agency being transparent, dealing with the stigma that is attached to public housing, the future of the CHA and when we can expect The Plan for Transformation to be completed.  APRIL 28, 2017

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Lowe's Open House

The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) provides housing to more than 62,000 households across the city of Chicago. CEO Eugene Jones Jr.’s primary goal is to build vibrant communities within the city.
The above video shows how and why Lowe’s began working with CHA to help provide a safe place to live that tenants can be proud of.     
|    MARCH 15, 2017

Eugene Jones Jr. on Chicago Network 27

Network 27 Chicago

Alderman Walter Burnett Jr. hosts Network 27 Chicago's 15+ year broadcast featuring Eugene Jones, Jr., CEO of Chicago Housing Authority.    |    DECEMBER 28, 2016

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