By David Pendered Dec. 16 – Georgia is to help build 140 units of rural workforce housing with money paid by tobacco companies to offset the state’s cost of smoking-related illnesses. The purpose of the funding is to promote economic development outside Georgia’s big cities. For employers, affordable housing has become as important a commodity […]
Affordable Housing
Georgia awards first state grants for affordable housingBy David Pendered Oct. 1 – For the first time, Georgia has awarded state grants to support the development of affordable housing in rural parts of the state. Georgia has awarded a total of $8.37 million to five communities: City of Albany, $923,513; City of Colquitt, $2.4 million; Columbus Consolidated Government, $2.3 million; Douglas Coffee […]
