Peachtree-Pine shelter

[13] According to the "Mission & History" section of its website, the Peachtree-Pine is the largest homeless facility in Southeast United States, and no one needing shelter is turned away.

[10] Another major private donor of Peachtree-Pine has been Bob Cramer, a well-known Atlanta entrepreneur and CEO of several tech companies, who was the chairman of the board of the Task Force from 1986 until 2010.

[27] This amount was eventually paid in full by "anonymous donors" on September 26, 2014, after the city had declined a partial payment of $100,000 from the Task Force and threatened to cut off water.

[19][28] In 2007, when the shelter's funding had begun to deteriorate, the building had been estimated to be worth $9 million or more by Alan Wexler, president of real estate research firm Databank Inc.[29] Thus some observers, such as city councilman Kwanza Hall, who represents nearby neighborhoods, had expected the Task Force to sell the property.

However, Bob Cramer, who was then the chairman of the board of directors of Peachtree-Pine, stated that there's "not enough money at Fort Knox" to get the task force to move the shelter.

With $900,000 outstanding on the mortgages, and Wardlaw not being able to pay off the shelter's debt,[14] two of the lenders foreclosed in May 2010,[12] and the building was bought by Ichthus Community Trust, which was controlled by Norcross-based commercial developer Manny Fialkow".

After acquiring the building, in an op-ed piece [31] in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Fialkow stated that he had "no intentions to immediately alter the use of the property", and pledged that Ichtus Community Trust "would take care of the men who are there" with the goal of finding "appropriate housing with case management for everyone".

Beaty, however, refused to leave and the Task Force has continued to operate the shelter without paying rent, while filing lawsuits disputing the ownership of the building.

"[12] In 2012, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall ordered the Task Force to hand over the control of the shelter to United Way of America.

He criticized the Beatys for having made a "political statement" by allowing the Occupy Atlanta demonstrators to stay at Peachtree-Pine, and questioned their sincerity in maintaining that the homeless were their primary concern.

[8] In August 2015, Mayor Kasim Reed declared that "Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation" citing communications with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[38] Further he stated that he would invoke eminent domain to close the shelter and move its occupants to a new facility constructed by the city, while the Peachtree-Pine building would be converted to police and fire stations.