Alex Garvin died last week as an advocate of two issues shaping Atlanta – the Atlanta BeltLine and efforts to ease the shortage of housing.
By Guest Columnist BRIAN McGOWAN, president of the The Centennial Yards Co. Returning to Atlanta after spending nearly three years in the Pacific Northwest, I see a city now facing the similar opportunities and challenges Seattle ...
Metro Atlanta’s housing market shows trends including these two: Prices are up sharply over the past year, and institutional investors are buying or building dwellings to put into the rental trade, according to the Atlanta ...
Renters take a double whammy – they don’t build home equity, and their on-time rent payments don’t get reported to credit agencies to help build their credit score.
Atlanta on Tuesday advanced an amended long-range development plan that eliminates major objections raised by residents and instructs city planners to abide by state rules on community involvement in future planning.
In 2016, a consultant in Arizona submitted to Atlanta’s planning department the population forecast that is driving Atlanta’s proposal to retool the city to house an additional 700,000 residents by 2050.
Atlanta will take a month to reconsider a controversial proposal to boost residential density in traditional neighborhoods. In addition, the plan drew significant challenge Tuesday from two ranking members of Atlanta City Council.
By Guest Columnist MIKE DOBBINS, Georgia Tech professor of practice and former Atlanta planning commissioner Stop, look and listen. Atlanta’s misguided densification planning and zoning strategy is barreling down the tracks. It has many negatives – ...
Atlanta’s proposal to change social dynamics and housing prices in neighborhoods with single-family houses faces a rising number of challenges in the final days of debate.
The purchase price of a residence is deemed affordable under federal guidelines in all but two metro Atlanta counties, according to a new report from the Atlanta Fed.
By Hannah E. Jones A new Atlanta Habitat for Humanity ReStore and Service Center in the City of South Fulton has opened its doors. Habitat is a nonprofit that works to improve housing and empower ...
Atlanta has postponed until after city elections the likely date of a vote by the Atlanta City Council on three proposals intended to promote construction of affordable dwellings in existing residential neighborhoods and eliminate some ...
The City of Atlanta is literally at a crossroads over how it will grow.
In a time where housing prices are through the roof, and eviction moratoriums dominate the headlines, different approaches to homeownership could pave the way for a brighter housing future. The folks at the Atlanta Land ...
By Guest Columnist SALLY FLOCKS, Founder and former president, PEDS Nothing encourages walking more than the presence of other people and having places worth walking to.
Atlanta notified the federal government in May that it is pursuing policies to remove barriers to affordable housing, according to a report required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Atlanta has stepped back from, but not abandoned, plans to boost residential density in traditional neighborhoods after receiving more than 1,000 public comments on the original proposal, according to a revised draft of the plan, ...
Atlanta on Sept. 1 is to begin its program to more than triple the cost of impact fees charged to new houses. The fee hike represents one nettlesome issue around housing affordability.
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