Atlanta’s Suburbs Need Affordable Housing. Many Don’t Want It
The affordable housing crisis is growing increasingly dire beyond Atlanta’s city limits as prices rise and construction slows in its suburban towns and cities.
But arduous permitting processes and hostile neighbors are making it hard for affordable developers to build units in the fast-growing suburbs for nurses, police officers, teachers and firefighters, panelists said Wednesday at Bisnow’s Atlanta Affordable Housing Summit.
The affordable housing crisis is growing increasingly dire beyond Atlanta’s city limits as prices rise and construction slows in its suburban towns and cities.
But arduous permitting processes and hostile neighbors are making it hard for affordable… Read MoreBisnow News Feed
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