The Metro-Atlanta region is in the midst of a housing shortage. Our region’s housing costs have outpaced local incomes. Our neighbors say their communities are full, and for many, homeownership remains impossibly out of reach. We also live in the fourth fastest-growing metro region in the nation. Right now, experts predict nearly 2 million more people will move to Atlanta in the next five to ten years. Where will they go?

Hi, my name is Luke McEachern. I chose to study architecture because I believe housing should be accessible to everyone.

Two years ago, my business partner and I began to design a tiny home in hopes of learning not only the building process but also what makes home ownership seem like a far-fetched dream for many.

Do me a favor and if you were born before 1980, read this article. However you define Gen Xers and Baby Boomers, we are two generations that are living alone and not been giving enough options for housing. I am in the age bracket they are writing about, and I do live alone, and I do think about who’s gonna take care of me when I retire and do need to remind myself to be social.

We may already know from personal experience that walkability is great for our mental and emotional wellbeing (check out our insight on creating walkable city blocks). Of course, walkable communities can benefit our bodies as well.

In the race to build more housing to address our national housing crisis, many community members are wary of developers simply erecting high rise apartment towers on every block. When it comes down to it, we need more housing–as much of it as we can get. So while we shouldn’t necessarily fear high rises, we should ensure that they are at least doing their job of creating additional housing units. Increasingly though, this is not the case.

The challenges of downsizing within your community and a few solutions.

How can we support increasing rates of multigenerational housing in the US?

What The Golden Girls teaches us about housing.

MicroLife’s new Pocket Neighborhood development in Clarkston, Georgia.

New short-term rental legislation opens up thousands of housing units in Atlanta.

Atlanta housing is unaffordable. We need to do something about it.

New shipping-container marketplace hosts Black-owned small business on Atlanta’s Beltline

We are reimagining our cities and towns in small ways across the country, even here in Atlanta.

The need for workforce housing with influx of new industry jobs.

The trend of multi-generational roommates is on the rise.