Westside Future Fund (WFF) is honored to announce the closing of another home in the historic Westside along the James P. Brawley corridor. Muhammad Fatty recently purchased a two-bedroom, two-bathroom house in the English Avenue neighborhood through Home on the Westside. Fatty is an employee of Spelman College, a revered academic institution located in the Atlanta University Center within the historic Westside footprint. His role at the school perfectly aligns with WFF’s community retention guidelines for its signature affordable housing initiative, Home on the Westside – prioritizing housing for those with live, work and learn connections to the historic Westside.

Now, Fatty is able to call the Westside home, with his place of work just minutes down the road. With the help of WFF and our partners, Collier received $60,000 in down payment assistance from WFF, $25,000 in financial assistance from Invest Atlanta, $20,000 in financial assistance from Atlanta Housing and $15,000 from Federal Loan bank for a grand total of $120,000 in assistance to support making his dream of homeownership a reality. We’re incredibly excited to have him as not only a key part of the Westside’s workforce, but also as a great neighbor to many of our existing Home on the Westside homeowners, renters, and Anti-Displacement Tax Fund recipients. 

Home on the Westside stands as Westside Future Fund’s flagship program, committed to three key service areas to empower residents and foster community stability. These service areas include providing homeownership opportunities for mortgage-ready buyers, ensuring quality multifamily rentals and offering property tax assistance through our Anti-Displacement Tax Fund. Through initiatives like these, we strive to create pathways to economic stability and combat displacement in the neighborhoods we serve.

WFF’s mission to advance a compassionate approach to equitable revitalization is achieved through the support of our philanthropic partners. The organization has launched Our Next Chapter, a capital fundraising campaign to accelerate its ability to create affordable housing for legacy and future residents of the historic Westside and to restore these storied neighborhoods as part of the fabric of Atlanta. Become a part of Our Next Chapter.