Gwinnett County is offering developers a new set of perks to build more housing, including homes working families can afford, under an ordinance commissioners approved this week.
The Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to repeal and replace the county’s economic development ordinance, renaming it the Economic Development and Housing Incentives Ordinance. After the change, the county’s main incentive tool treats housing and jobs as one effort instead of two.
“We see economic development and housing being intertwined,” said Matthew Elder, deputy director of Gwinnett County Planning and Development. “Jobs bring housing. Housing brings jobs.”…