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News Articles: housing

Mike Johansen stands by the door of the camping trailer where the couple is living while they wait for construction on their new home to be finished.

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  • Economy

With mortgage rates near 7%, the housing party is over. Now it's hangover time

The highest rates in 20 years are dashing the dreams of some would-be homebuyers. Others stretch to buy but spend close to $1,000 a month more in monthly payments for a typical house.

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
 On Sept. 12, Atlanta city officials, nonprofit housing advocates and representatives with health care provider CareSource gathered on site of one of the homes that will provide more affordable rental housing through an Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership campaign. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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  • Economy

Nonprofits, governments team up to help people keep a roof overhead amid Georgia housing crisis

Housing insecurity is not just an Atlanta issue, but a problem across Georgia and many other areas of the country, increasing the need for partnerships between government and other entities to address it.

September 23, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Both home prices and the pace of home sales are falling nationally as higher mortgage rates cool off the market.

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  • Economy

Home prices see biggest drop in 9 years, thanks to higher mortgage rates

The super-heated housing market is cooling off. Home prices have fallen about 6% since their peak in June. The pace of sales also fell for the 7th straight month.

September 22, 2022
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Sen. Raphael Warnock discusses newly introduced housing legislation outside of a house in Garden City.

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  • Politics

‘Georgians need relief now’: Warnock announces housing legislation near hometown of Savannah

The Democrat traveled to Garden City in Chatham County to make the case for three newly introduced bills.

August 24, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Mike Noel at the Heritage Plantation community, June 8, 2022. Noel retired and bought a home in the mobile home park and looked forward to fishing in the ocean 20 minutes away.  "I thought I was moving to paradise," he says.

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  • Home Page Top Stories

From floods to slime: Mobile home residents say landlords make millions, neglect them

Elderly homeowners in Florida are suing the billion dollar company that owns their mobile home park. Big companies are buying up parks around the country, but critics say residents pay the price.

August 21, 2022
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By:
  • Chris Arnold and
  • Robert Benincasa
Are you looking to move into your own home? If so, what could help you achieve this?

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  • National

Young Americans are living at home longer. We want to hear your stories on why

Recent studies have found younger Americans are living at home longer. Are you aged between 18 and 34 and living in a multigenerational household? We want to hear from you.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Claire Murashima
High tide flooding in downtown Annapolis, Md., in 2021. The number of days with high tide flooding is accelerating on the East and Gulf coasts.

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  • Climate

Floods are getting more common. Do you know your risk?

Climate change means more rain and higher seas, which adds up to more flooded homes. Even a small amount of water indoors can cost a lot.

August 03, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
Homeownership feels out of reach for many Americans.

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  • Economy

As interest rates rise, the 'American dream' of homeownership fades for some

Rising interest rates and fierce competition are pushing many potential homeowners out of the market, leading one person to conclude: "I feel like the American dream isn't attainable anymore."

July 30, 2022
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By:
  • Karen Zamora and
  • Christopher Intagliata
Pat Garrett, left, and her partner Cedric moments before wheeling their home out of the way of Macon-Bibb County Public Works bulldozer on June 8, 2022. Macon-Bibb County bulldozed one of the city's largest homeless encampments, saying it was necessary as a public health measure.

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  • Economy

Some Georgia cities have plans for rehousing instead of pushing the homeless out of sight

As the unhoused become more a part of our daily lives, some communities are taking action. Sometimes it means simply pushing the unhoused out of the way. Increasingly it can mean creating, and sticking to, a plan. 

 

July 13, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Pat Garrett pauses while packing up her home at the edge of a homeless encampment on Riverside Drive in Macon on June 8, 2022. Macon-Bibb County bulldozed one of the city's largest homeless encampments, saying it was necessary as a public health measure.

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  • Economy

Macon-Bibb County bulldozes one of the city's largest homeless encampments

Officials in Macon-Bibb County took action against the city’s growing population of unhoused people with the bulldozing of a downtown encampment Wednesday. 

June 08, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Homes under construction

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  • Economy

Think tank study blames government rules instead of speculators for soaring home prices

A Georgia policy think tank’s report argues that too many government regulations drive up the cost to build new homes while pricing out first-time home buyers.

May 12, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
artist’s rendering from a development project called Elliott’s Walk in Columbus, Ga.

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  • News

South Columbus will get new affordable housing development, thanks to $10M tax grant

A nonprofit headed by a Muscogee County School Board member will receive just over $10 million in tax dollars to help build an affordable housing community in south Columbus after months of debate.

April 29, 2022
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By:
  • Nick Wooten
President Biden on Tuesday pardoned three people and shortened the prison terms of 75 more.

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  • National

Biden takes his first actions on clemency with 3 pardons and 75 commutations

Tuesday's pardons and commutations are part of a broader White House effort to make the criminal justice system more fair – a goal Biden made part of his 2020 presidential campaign.

April 26, 2022
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson and
  • Ayana Archie
A now emptied block of apartments at the deemed "unlivable" Miga Villa apartment complex in Macon.

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  • Your Money

When a landlord lets housing conditions falter, the penalty is difficult to exact

Signing a lease on an apartment is a legally binding contract between you and your landlord. what happens when a landlord doesn’t hold up their end of the bargain?

April 18, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The appraisals done for home sales are increasingly done remotely rather than in person.

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  • Business

Even home appraisers are doing their jobs remotely

Remote appraisals shot up during the pandemic, replacing in-person inspections by appraisers. Even as restrictions ease up, they could be the standard for how homes are valued.

April 16, 2022
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By:
  • Anthony Tellez
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