This past week over 200 government and business leaders along with a number of non-profit groups gathered in Duluth to brainstorm on ways to lower the rising cost of housing.
The Atlanta Regional Commission says that roughly one in three residents in the area are now spending over 30 percent of their income on the places that they live.
“While the incomes are increasing, the housing costs both for renters and homeowners is rising at an exponential rate and that gap is widening,” said Samyukth Shenbaga with the ARC. “Housing is no longer just a city of Atlanta issue.”…