November 20, 2025 • Commentary
Will 50-Year Mortgages Save the Housing Affordability Crisis?
The 50-year mortgage proposal attempts to solve a supply-side problem with a demand-side solution.
Topic: Real estate economics
November 7, 2025 • Commentary
It’s not who owns homes. It’s how few we build.
The real housing problem isn't who owns the home. It's that we don't build enough.
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.
September 4, 2025 • Commentary
How Georgia can fix its housing shortage
Georgians are facing a hard truth about housing: when government ties up supply, prices soar. And homeownership slips further out of reach.
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.
March 6, 2025 • Blog
Georgia landlords say they provide security, but still face legal peril
Landlords in Georgia can be held liable if someone commits a crime on their property, even if they provide adequate security.
May 17, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 17, 2024
Much of this increase in house prices is not due to market forces, but rather dictated by a complex system of regulatory factors that increase costs.
April 17, 2024 • Blog
We aren’t building enough houses. Why?
Regulations limit home building by making it costlier and more time-consuming, and by requiring new homes to be larger and made with more expensive materials.
October 11, 2023 • Commentary
Housing affordability is a challenge for Georgia that is only growing
Home prices continue to rise, as do mortgage rates. Meanwhile, people continue to flock to Georgia, increasing the competition for reasonably priced homes.
December 16, 2022 • Commentary
Adding HEAT to Atlanta’s housing supply
What is needed for Atlanta's housing is a market-based solution that can restore affordability in a steady but meaningful way.
August 10, 2022 • Blog
Government Action Can Jump-Start Housing Construction
At a time when our trust in government to solve problems is perhaps lower than ever, this is one problem government can solve.
June 24, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 24, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.” –Albert Einstein “The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues […]
June 8, 2022 • Blog
Supply Problems and Rising Home Prices
Rising home prices are a multi-faceted issue requiring multiple solutions. First, government officials should quit making homes pricier than than need be.
May 20, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: May 20, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?… Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. […]
April 19, 2022 • Blog
Why Georgia Housing Costs Have Exploded
It's no secret that the cost of housing across Georgia has climbed to extreme heights. Why aren't new homes being built?
April 15, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 15, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note“You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the […]
March 25, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 25, 2022
While time is ticking on filing your 2021 taxes, the conversation at the Gold Dome has been all about what the 2024 tax year will look like in Georgia.
March 18, 2022 • Foundation News
Friday Facts: March 18, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges or […]
March 11, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 11, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note“When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.” -Jean-Paul Sartre “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” -Jonathan Swift “It is easier […]
February 25, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 25, 2022
In his weekly column, Kyle Wingfield debunks some popular claims by school choice opponents about private school.
January 28, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 28, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.” – Charles de Montesquieu “How strangely will the […]
October 22, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 22, 2021
Since its earliest days, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has stood for limited government, personal responsibility and individual initiative.
April 28, 2021 • Daily Citizen-News
Georgia’s Spring Real Estate Boom
Communities across Georgia that want to deal with their shortage of affordably priced housing will need to grapple with supply problems.
April 23, 2021
Friday Facts: April 23, 2021
It’s Friday! Get the facts: Friday’s Freshest: In the latest Georgia Policy commentary, Senior Fellow Ron Bachman proposes that a potential roadmap for health reform can be found right in […]