Albany Department of Community & Economic Development offers housing counseling, addresses homelessness

ALBANY, Ga. – The Albany Department of Community & Economic Development look to make a brighter future for the people of the Good Life City, through housing counseling and addressing homelessness.

The Albany Department of Community & Economic Development is creating new and innovative ways to serve the citizens of the Good Life City.

“We primarily serve residents in the City of Albany who are low to moderate income. We are primarily federally funded and we have four divisions. We have public service, we have economic development, rental programs, and then we also have housing,” said Orson Burton Jr., Public Service Manager.

Public Service Manager, Mr. Orson Burton Jr. Gives more information on assisting the citizens of Albany…

“We actually held a training for coordinated entry and we have eight local service providers who came in, who were able to take a three-hour training with DCA representative, Mr. Isaac Davis. We’re able to assess where people are and then directly to the proper areas or organizations that actually have direct services. So, it’s a really big piece we are looking to bring in and we’re looking to implement over the next couple of months,” said Orson Burton Jr., Public Service Manager.

The DCED also provide housing counseling and are looking for new applicants to occupy new homes undergoing construction.

“The housing counseling services are provided for all of Region Fourteen and Sumter county. We serve sixteen counties, and what housing counseling is all about, is providing a housing opportunities for renting fair housing, and first purchase and default and it depends on the individual need of housing,” said BJ Jackson Burton, Certified Housing Counselor.

De’Andra Jacobs reporting.

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