A newly formed sand habitat on Tybee Island yields ownership and conservation questions.

Marcus Lucas got quite a shock when he checked on his Elnora Drive property while in Macon for a funeral early this year: A Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning sign led to the discovery he was a victim of home title fraud claiming Lucas transferred the property to a Florida corporation.

When McIntosh residents voted overwhelmingly last month to repeal a 2023 amendment to allow larger houses on the Sapelo Island neighborhood of Hogg Hummock, a majority of the five-member county commission said they got the message loud and clear.

In the northeast corner of Troup County, a 437-acre plot of land on the outskirts of the 3,000-person town of Hogansville has become the center of debate as a developer vies to purchase the land for a data center.

The Jones County Board of Commissioners rescinded a series of ordinances pertaining to data centers Tuesday night due to concerns that those laws may not have been passed legally.

In a unanimous decision issued Tuesday, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the right of McIntosh County residents to vote directly to repeal a controversial zoning decision that would allow larger houses in a traditional Gullah-Geechee enclave on Sapelo Island.

One developer's warehouse project was approved only after pledging $1.75 million for a new city gymnasium, according to the federal lawsuit.

The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments about a controversial zoning decision that threatens to change the character of an historic Gullah Geechee enclave in McIntosh County.

McIntosh County voters are scheduled for a countywide vote on the single issue of Hogg Hummock zoning on Oct. 1, 2024, even as the county heads to court to prevent the referendum from taking place.

McIntosh County is pushing back against its citizens’ efforts to force a county-wide vote about zoning on Sapelo Island.

As Americans struggle to find affordable housing, cities are realizing their own rules have made it too hard and expensive to build the homes they need. Now, some cities are trying to change that.

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.

In many American neighborhoods, it's illegal to build anything other than a single-family home on most lots zoned for residential properties. Take Sandy...

On most residentially-zoned lots in American neighborhoods, it is illegal to build anything other than a single-family home. In Sandy Springs, 85% of...