🏘️ Wall Street vs. Georgia Housing? It’s More Complicated Than That. Earlier this month, Sen. Jon Ossoff launched an investigation into large, out-of-state companies buying up Georgia homes — a move that resonated with many frustrated by rising housing costs. It’s true: institutional investors are buying existing homes and building new ones to rent, especially around metro Atlanta. And yes, every home taken off the buying market matters when families are trying to build wealth through ownership. But here’s the thing: the real problem isn’t who’s buying — it’s how few homes are being built. 📉 Over the past decade, Georgia has added a million people — but not enough housing. Red tape, zoning laws, and rising material and labor costs have created a perfect storm of low supply and high demand. The result? Skyrocketing prices that hurt everyone, no matter who owns the homes. 📊 Institutional investors make an easy target, but they’re a small slice of the total market. And Build-to-Rent homes, while controversial, at least add new supply — which we desperately need. State lawmakers have started to act, requiring out-of-state landlords to have in-state support staff and considering limits on how many homes these companies can own. But if we want real solutions, we must focus on removing the local barriers that make it so hard to build in the first place. If we don’t, we’re just treating symptoms — not solving the housing crisis. Georgia families deserve better. (fb)

🚧 Yes, We Can Still Build. It’s easy to think government can’t do big things anymore — especially when red tape and NIMBYs seem to block every attempt to build. But Georgia just proved otherwise. 💪 The rebuilt I-285/Ga. 400 interchange — once ranked the 9th worst freight bottleneck in the U.S. — has now dropped to 29th, with the biggest traffic speed improvement nationwide. ✅ 7 years ✅ $900M investment ✅ +12% peak traffic flow More projects are coming — funded partly by private investors, not just taxpayers. If we want Georgia to thrive as a logistics hub, we can’t stop here. (fb)