New designs from the city of Atlanta give a first look at the city's rapid housing development to address the growing unhoused population.

The Atlanta City Council approved legislation Monday to allocate $11.6 million of the city’s affordable housing trust fund for eviction diversion efforts and to create affordable housing units. 

Georgia’s population is growing, and that growing population needs housing. A new study by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation says some counties and municipalities some might need to change their zoning to allow for greater housing density.

Tears in the social safety net leave many without a roof overhead.

Turning barely used office space into desperately needed urban housing seems like a win-win in the work-from-home era. But even in cities eager to do this, plenty of obstacles remain.

Surprise charges for things like paying rent online or removing trash can add up and make an apartment less affordable. Advocates warn they can also put renters at risk for debt or even eviction.

Many cities have devoted considerable focus and money to house people, only to see the number living outside continue to rise.

The rising cost of Atlanta housing is making it hard for long-term residents to stay in their neighborhoods, but a new land trust offers solutions to address the shortage of affordable housing.



 

PushPush Arts' incubator is nearing completion of an exciting new adaptive reuse arts campus in downtown College Park.

Buying a house these days is just too expensive for a lot of people. But since 2009, the Atlanta Land Trust has been working with the mayor’s office to create permanently affordable housing.

Businesses like Cook Medical in Indiana say the housing shortage makes it harder to recruit and keep middle-income workers. Now, more companies are building places for employees to rent or even buy.

A new $30 million mixed-income housing development opened in Columbus Tuesday that is the first phase of revitalizing the Louis T. Chase Homes and will provide access to preventive healthcare services for its residents.

Despite agreement among lawmakers and advocates that Georgia needs more quality affordable housing, the General Assembly this year took few steps to address the shortfall. 

American suburbs mandated single-family homes generations ago, often to segregate areas by race and class. New laws allow more-affordable options like townhomes but construction so far has been slow.

Thursday on Political Rewind: On a special edition of the show, host Bill Nigut welcomes investigative journalists Alan Judd and Willoughby Mariano to the show to discuss their series "Dangerous Dwellings," an investigation into rundown apartment complexes and their effects on residents.