Construction of an additional 106 apartment units is scheduled to begin this fall at Walton Oaks.

More accolades for Augusta's Laney-Walker/Bethlehem redevelopment project is sending two city commissioners to Chicago for five days to accept an award.

The Augusta Housing Authority approved its operating budget for the coming fiscal year with an $800,000 deficit.

What was gained by the Augusta Commission's censure of Commissioners Wayne Guilfoyle, Joe Jackson and Grady Smith for violating the city code, I couldn't say. I could say it went on way too long.

Three Atlanta-area counties have filed a lawsuit claiming British bank HSBC cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in extra expenses and damage to their tax bases by aggressively signing minorities to housing loans that were likely to fail.

Justin Bolin of VanderMorgan Realty said he thinks the firm should be ready to franchise to other parts of the country in about five years.

An annual point-in-time count of the area homeless population was expanded this year to account for individuals not on the streets or in shelters but defined as homeless.

On Monday, Action Ministries will hold its inaugural Action Dash, a 5K run/walk that benefits housing, educational and hunger programs for low-income and homeless people in Augusta.

Augusta Housing Authority will begin meeting with families housed at Cherry Tree Crossing about plans to move them out, starting next summer, housing director Jacob Oglesby said.

Richmond County property transfers for Nov. 30-Dec. 3.