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Workforce Housing in Rural Georgia
UGA Housing and Demographics Research Center
Department of Community Affairs
Georgia Rural Development Council
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What housing can the workforce afford?
To pay the Fair Market Rentin non-metro Georgia one must earn $8.35 an hour andwork 40 hours a week.
Someone earning $30,000annually can afford a home costing no more than $86,800. The average saleprice of a new home inGeorgia is $157,801.
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Percent Living Below Poverty
680,000 Georgia households have combined incomes of less than $20,000.
1,050,000 Georgia households have combined incomes of less than $30,000.
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Success Stories
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What new housingunits are built
in Georgia?More than 75%is site-built singlefamily
60 to 65% issite-built single-family
50% to 75% is manufacturedhousing
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Important Sectors of the Workforce Choose NOT to Live
in Rural Communities
From the Town Hall meetings - Teachers and industry upper management don’t live in the county of the employment.In 2 of the 3 industries we surveyed none of the managers lived in the county.
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From the Town Hall meetings: Lack of knowledge about existing programs for low-income and first-time home buyers
From the employee surveys: 86% had no knowledge about programs to help them rent or buy housing
Most Know Little About Housing Programs
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From the Town Hall meetings and GEDA survey:
Land and infrastructure isn’t available for subdivisions.
The profit margin for building affordable housing is low; volume is important.
The major reasons consumers have trouble qualifying for traditional financing is credit worthiness.
Important Barriers to Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing
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A Coalition is Needed to Address Georgia’s
Workforce Housing Issues
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Policy Recommendations
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Establish a development fund
Co-sponsor federal legislation to widen the income eligibility requirements for Low Income Housing Tax Credit
Improve enforcement of building codes; consider a matching grant program
Provide incentives for projects that preserve and rehabilitate existing rental housing
Increase the Supply of Quality, Low-to-Moderate Income Rental Housing
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Establish a development fund
Encourage employer-assisted home buyer programs
Establish a public-private consortium to encourage well-planned manufactured housing developments and removal of dilapidated manufactured housing
Increase the Supply of Owner-Occupied Single-Family Housing
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Establish a technical assistance program at DCA to provide on-site technical expertise to local leaders and employers
Urge local entities to publicize creative efforts to address housing issues
Foster Locally-Based Housing Solutions
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Increase the Consumer Literacy of Georgia’s Workforce
• Create a coordinated statewide network to provide homebuyer education and counseling
• Educate the workforce and community leadership on existing programs
• Establish a consumer education curriculum in public and private schools
• Increase awareness and capacity of the Landlord-Tenant Hotline Program
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Enhance Housing Leadership at the
Local Level
• Expand and refine an annual statewide housing conference
• Broaden housing issues training for local leaders
• Develop a tool kit for employers• Encourage local housing professionals to
participate in leadership training• Involve public and private groups in
identifying local barriers
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Create a statewide clearinghouse for housing data managed by the UGA HDRC in collaboration with other research centers
Develop a multi-year work plan to conduct housing research to support a state housing policy
Develop Ongoing Capacity to
Research, Analyze, & Develop Policy &
Program Recommendations
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