Despite efforts by a small group of pro-housing Democratic legislators to address these affordability issues by reducing zoning restrictions and streamlining permitting, change has been slow and often stalled by other party members.

Even in progressive states, restrictive zoning remains “fundamentally designed to separate people by income,” effectively creating walls that hinder mobility and economic equality.

In the fall of 2023, with support from the Atlanta City Council, the mayor’s office and Intown Cares, a local nonprofit... the neighborhood hired a full-time social worker to support people experiencing homelessness.

We need to welcome growth. We can't keep pushing the growth that should be occurring here to cities 20+ miles away.

Cities have become dependent on soda tax revenue for everything from food banks to early childhood programs. That was always risky; if people buy less soda, the money dries up