Housing shortage exacerbates affordability problems in Atlanta suburbs
“As metro Atlanta grapples with rising housing costs, a crisis is worsening in suburbs once thought of as affordable alternatives to the city. The suburbs’ rapid growth, a shortage of labor and building materials due to the pandemic and a flood of corporate investors are exacerbating a national deficit in housing supply that began at least a decade ago. The resulting prices are pushing low- and moderate-income workers — including service employees, nurses and early-career teachers — out of areas where they are needed, experts and policymakers say.”