Josh Humphries

Josh currently serves as the Senior Housing Policy Advisor for Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, leading the development and implementation of the Mayor’s affordable housing agenda. Key initiatives include acquiring and redeveloping 2 Peachtree, a 41-story office-to-residential conversion that jumpstarted the City’s office conversion efforts, launching the Housing Help Center as a one-stop housing resource for residents, creating the new public entity Atlanta Urban Development to build European-style social housing, and delivering the 40-unit Melody project in just four months as phase I of the Mayor’s Rapid Housing initiative to provide quick-delivery housing for residents experiencing homelessness.

Josh is president of the board for the Atlanta Municipal Market and a board member for HouseATL. He previously served as the Director of the Office of Housing and Community Development for the City of Atlanta. Before joining the City of Atlanta, Josh worked as a community organizer and development leader in Los Angeles and New York City. He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Kennesaw State University and a master of divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary.