Black Residents Are Being Priced Out of Atlanta as Lawmakers Profit - Capital B News - Atlanta
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As corporate investors snap up Atlanta homes and drive up prices, nearly two-fifths of state legislators meant to regulate them are personally invested in the state’s housing market.

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This article was produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations, where Chauncey Alcorn and Adam Mahoney are 2025-2026 Ida B. Wells fellows. When Kenneth Porter moved to Atlanta from Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2016 to advance his career in the entertainment industry, he rented part of a two-bedroom townhouse on Atlanta’s eastside for […]The post Georgia Lawmakers With Real Estate Ties Are Writing the State’s Housing Laws appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The pink areas show where it is illegal to build denser housing (and most of the non-pink areas aren’t zoned for residential use at all). What the fuck do you people expect to happen to prices when demand increases and you literally outlaw increasing supply to meet it?!

    I’m not saying the asshats in the Gold Dome aren’t corrupt, but the NIMBYs are 1000x worse in terms of their contribution to the problem.