An Open letter to Atlanta Civic Leaders: A Cautionary Note about YIMBY Action to Those Following Atlanta’s Comprehensive Development Plan and Zoning Updates By Mike Dobbins June 5 – Many of us get notes from YIMBY Action, probably multiples. I go to some of their meetings, most recently a Zoom that summed up their YIMBYtown […]
Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing? Affordable for Whom? What will it take?By Mike Dobbins, Professor of Practice, Georgia Tech Jan. 25 – Below, in bullet form, is a comprehensive outline of the housing affordability problem, aimed at deepening understanding of its larger contexts for the purpose of making affordability happen. Contents Brief background What is housing affordability? Housing development is complex Why Has Housing Become Unaffordable? Its […]
Affordable Housing
Despite YIMBY’s claims, upzoning not silver bullet to housing costsBy Mike Dobbins June 25 — In these times, when political, business, and community leaders are bombarded with indignant clamor over often-competing demands, expediency often wins out over knowledge. And, as wryly noted by columnist Bill Torpy in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “truth should not stand in the way of indignation.” Such is the case with […]