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State Data Overview
Across Georgia, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
Georgia
Key Facts
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324,452 OR 23%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-203,861
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$30,880
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$62,060
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 147 hours per week or 3.7 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 165 hours per week or 4.1 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell HMFA $35.00 Savannah MSA $32.31 Gainesville MSA $29.12 Morgan County HMFA $27.73 Hinesville HMFA $27.04 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $18.62 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $16.96 Retail Salespersons $15.24 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $14.46 Fast Food and Counter Workers $13.30 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Kayla Gilchrist
State PartnersGeorgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc. (Georgia ACT)
250 Georgia Avenue, SE
Suite 350
Atlanta, GA 30312
P 404-586-0740
http://georgiaact.org/Bambie Hayes Brown
President and CEO
[email protected]Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved. Email Sidney Betancourt with any questions.
Current Year HTF Allocation$19,218,923
HTF State Resources2019
Draft Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan Pages 71-82 (PDF)
HTF Application Instructions and FAQs (PDF)
2018
2018 HTF NOFA (PDF)
2018-2022 Submitted Consolidated Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on pages 160-168 (PDF)
2017
Draft 2018-2022 ConPlan, with 2017 HTF Allocation Plan on page 159 (PDF)
HUD-approved 2017 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2016
HUD-Approved HTF Allocation (PDF)
NOFA (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan by Department of Community Affairs dated June 27, 2016 (PDF)
Georgia-specific Model Allocation Plan by NLIHC (PDF)
Recording of Georgia-specific Allocation Plan advocacy webinar presented by NLIHC on March 29 (WMV)
Allocation Plan advocacy webinar slides from March 29th presentation by NLIHC (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Georgia Department of Community AffairsOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationJill Cromartie
Divison Director
Housing Finance & Development
470-645-6286
[email protected]Jimish Patel
HOME Program Manager
[email protected]NHTF-specific page
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ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Georgia (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: Georgia (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Georgia and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Georgia and Nationwide
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