The report analyzes residential affordability in Atlanta’s five-county core area, highlighting the challenges of providing housing that is affordable to all income levels in this metro area. It reveals a significant increase in cost-burdened households, a growing gap between wages and housing costs, and the need for diverse housing types to address affordability as of 2023.  For example, the five counties and city of Atlanta households have grown by 9%, but the number of affordable cost-burdened households outpaced household growth by 15% since 2018.    While HouseATL, established in 2018 by public and private stakeholders to improve housing in Atlanta, has successfully studied and advocated for affordability in Atlanta, the document proposes additional strategies for increasing affordable housing supply, subsidizing demand, and investing in regional leadership to tackle the affordability crisis in the Atlanta MSA.

https://atlanta.uli.org/uli-atlanta-releases-study-on-atlantas-affordable-housing-crisis/