November 6, 2025
Institutional Investors and Housing Affordability in Metro Atlanta
Georgia Public Policy Foundation examines the role of corporate buyers in housing affordability and homeownership trends.
Topic: Paulding County
July 29, 2025
Short Supply: How Many More Homes Does Georgia Need?
Georgia is growing fast—adding more than a million new residents each decade. But housing construction hasn’t kept pace.
April 24, 2024 • Blog
Georgians deserve more transparency, consistency and opportunity with open enrollment policies
Students deserve options to find their best educational fit, including within the public school system.
April 11, 2024
Report on Georgia’s Open Enrollment Transfer Environment
While Georgia law allows transfers to and from public schools, there are still numerous legal, financial and bureaucratic limitations.
February 21, 2024 • Commentary
Metro Atlanta’s population to reach 7.9 million by 2050
What does this mean, not just for the Atlanta metro area, but the entire state?
February 16, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 16, 2024
We can increase housing affordability, not with taxpayer subsidies, but by removing regulations that limit what types of houses can be built and where.
September 14, 2023
A Review of Lot and Home Size Minimums in Georgia
This study analyzes the available minimum lot sizes and minimum home sizes in ordinance at the local level in Georgia.
March 1, 2023 • Blog
School choice programs would provide fiscal savings for public school districts
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has updated our estimates of the fiscal savings for public school districts associated with school choice programs.
April 30, 2021 • Commentary
Quarries Hold Water for a Regional Quandary
Ever since it was a small town, Atlanta has worried about its water. In a 1951 U.S. Geological Survey publication, the author wrote about the establishment in 1
October 9, 2020
Friday Facts: October 9, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Wealth inequality is indeed increasing, the country does need more tax revenue, and special interests can get government favors. But none of these reasons justifies […]
April 14, 2017
Friday Facts: April 14, 2017
It’s Friday! Welcome to a special “By the Numbers” Friday Facts to mark Tax Day on April 18! Quotes of note “Take not from the mouth of labor the bread […]
December 17, 2015
Could Georgia Education Funding Reform Impact Achievement?
The very first recommendation in the final report from the Georgia Education Reform Commission was this: Develop a student-based funding formula. What does this mean? According to education experts from the Reason […]
May 6, 2014 • Commentary
One Little Boy, One Little Girl, Two Unspeakable Child Murders
Terrell Peterson was five years old when he was murdered; Emani Moss was just ten. In both cases, family members were linked to the crimes.
April 3, 2013 • Press Release
Register for April 23 Foundation Event on Telehealth in Georgia
The topic couldn't be more timely: The health care industry has embraced opportunities provided by information technology in numerous ways
April 10, 2012
Georgia Will Report 5-Year H.S. Graduation Rate for 2012 Class
By Mike Klein Georgia’s high school graduation rate could improve next year because the state will report the number of students who complete graduation requirements within five years instead of […]
April 29, 2011
Six Ways to Sunday Drives in Georgia Transportation
By Benita M. Dodd Transportation policy may not have been the priority during the legislative session, but in the long shadow of the Gold Dome, proposals, plans, ideas and reports […]
April 29, 2011
Friday Facts: April 29th, 2011
It’s Friday! Quotations – “The fact is higher tax rates could increase total revenue or they could decrease it. Conversely, lower tax rates could decrease total revenue or they could […]
January 31, 2011
Audit Finds Drug Courts Reduce Recidivism and Save Taxpayers Money
WABE reports: "The 40-page 2010 state audit finds about seven-percent of defendants who participate in a county drug court were convicted again within two years. That's one-fourth the recidivism rate […]
November 9, 2007
Priorities should drive transportation policy
By Ron Sifen The metropolitan planning organization for the 10-county metro Atlanta region, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), recently adopted a $67 billion package of transportation projects over the next 25 years. But […]