Invisible Crisis: The hidden phenomenon of working homelessness

Then came the rupture of the Great Recession, when hundreds of thousands of homes in the city’s metro area entered foreclosure between 2009 and 2012. In the aftermath, private-equity vultures descended on the carcass of Atlanta’s single-family housing market, ultimately hiking rents, imposing fees, and ramping up evictions. Since 2010, median rent in the city has increased by 76 percent, while Atlanta’s low-income housing stock has plummeted. Wages have flatlined for the lowest earners, who are now crammed into Atlanta’s most desolate neighborhoods.