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Sandy Springs Homeownership Assessment and Policy Recommendations

2024-04 , Kaufman, Mira

The city of Sandy Springs hopes to preserve and develop more housing in its area to ensure that young adults with families and first-time homeowners set down roots in the city. Land prices have risen steadily in Sandy Springs, and the local government aims to introduce strategies and protections to maintain and develop affordable housing stock for this demographic. Entry-level homeownership opportunities are crucial to the continued vibrancy of the community and for future growth. Without plentiful accessibly priced homes, the city’s demographics will continue to skew towards older and wealthier residents, reducing the diversity and resilience of the community. This project analyzes the housing market of Sandy Springs using the American Community Survey (ACS) and Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data and recommends strategies for providing adequate homeownership opportunities to support the city’s desired future residents. ACS data is used to examine changes that have occurred in the homeowner population in Sandy Springs between 2018 and 2022. To provide further insights into homeownership, the HMDA dataset shows the types of mortgage loan applicants in Sandy Springs in 2018 and 2022. This data illuminates specific challenges for young families and professionals in originating mortgages. The literature review and recommendations sections highlight potential policy action relating to the goal of increased homeownership for adults starting families and other early professionals in the city.

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Urban Design Studio: Habersham County Growth Management and Conservation Strategies

2022-12 , Davis, Nathan , Davis, Madison , Scott, Sierra , Kaufman, Mira , Raven, Roxanne , Beduhn, Lauren

Georgia's land cover change over the past 50 years has been documented in an unprecedented study conducted by the Georgia Conservancy and the Georgia Tech Center for Spatial Planning and Visualization (CSPAV). This study has resulted in Georgia Now and Forever initiative, an ambitious undertaking to educate key decision-makers across Georgia as to the study's findings with a message that intentional, thoughtful decisions around the use of Georgia's remaining undeveloped land are inextricably linked to Georgia's future ecological and economic sustainability. item_description: Georgia's land cover change over the past 50 years has been documented in an unprecedented study conducted by the Georgia Conservancy and the Georgia Tech Center for Spatial Planning and Visualization (CSPAV). This study has resulted in Georgia Now and Forever initiative, an ambitious undertaking to educate key decision-makers across Georgia as to the study's findings with a message that intentional, thoughtful decisions around use of Georgia's remaining undeveloped land are inextricably linked to Georgia's future ecological and economic sustainability. Unsurprisingly, but important to have clearly documented, is the role low density development has played in the significant acreage conversion from agricultural land, forested land, and wetlands. These findings from past development patterns have allowed for the identification of plausible future landcover change trends, assuming business-as-usual development approaches. North Georgia is clearly in the path of major landcover change to low density developed land as metro Atlanta proceeds to "move" northward. This is also an area of significant ecological and carbon assets in the form of our mountain and valley forests, as well as agricultural lands. There is keen community interest in welcoming development-especially diverse and affordable housing choices-but alongside serious advancement in the conservation of the natural landscape. Representatives from the Habersham County, the City of Clarkesville and the property manager of a large conservation tract in the area that includes two riverfront miles of the Soquee River requested assistance from the Georgia Conservancy and Georgia Tech to consider how and where development and conservation can and should occur across their home county of Habersham. There is an understanding among this group that the very conditions that draw new residents to the area-the forests, mountains, streams-are at risk without a concerted effort to include conservation alongside land-efficient development. Given the larger situation in Georgia, the public and political will in the Clarkesville/Habersham area to pursue a larger joint development and conservation priority led to this planning process of identifying strategies for managing local resources in a sustainable way.

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