Villages of East Lake
Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia · Atlanta In-Town/Historic golf market
- Gated
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- Housing
- apartments, townhomes
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The Villages of East Lake is a 650-home mixed-income community developed by the East Lake Foundation in partnership with the Atlanta Housing Authority beginning in the late 1990s, replacing the high-crime East Lake Meadows public-housing project directly across the street from East Lake Golf Club. The development combines market-rate and income-restricted rental units with, more recently, for-sale single-family homes built with the Atlanta Land Trust, alongside the Charles R. Drew Charter School and East Lake Family YMCA -- together forming one of the most widely cited examples in the country of golf-financed neighborhood revitalization.
Golf Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
No golf access of any kind is included with residency; East Lake Golf Club is invitation-only and unrelated to home purchase or lease terms here.
Living in Villages of East Lake
Combines rental apartments, duplexes, and townhomes (Columbia Residential-managed) with newer for-sale single-family townhomes built through an East Lake Foundation/Atlanta Land Trust partnership, with income-based affordability tiers layered throughout.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Anchored by the adjacent East Lake Family YMCA and Charles R. Drew Charter School, both built as part of the same Foundation-led revitalization effort.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in the East Lake neighborhood of Atlanta, DeKalb County, directly across from East Lake Golf Club.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current for-sale and rental pricing directly -- only broad, possibly-aggregated market data was found this session.
- Confirm current unit mix and income-eligibility bands across all phases.
Notable
- Replaced the East Lake Meadows public-housing project, once known to local police as 'little Vietnam' for its crime rate.
- Financed and catalyzed by Tom Cousins's 1993 purchase and restoration of the adjacent East Lake Golf Club.
- A newer phase, Gardenside, added 108 homes in 2020, 70% reserved for families at or below 60% of Area Median Income.
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