Metro Atlanta has highest rate of corporate home ownership, says Georgia State researcher

Data: Investors now own 30% of metro Atlanta’s single-family rental homes

Sen. Ossoff unveiled new data showing corporate ownership in the region is about 10 times the national average.

Metro Atlanta has highest rate of corporate home ownership, says Georgia State researcher

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff gave updates on an investigation into corporate home ownership rates across Georgia — a practice experts say has made it harder for individuals to buy affordable housing.

Sen. Ossoff raises concerns over corporate impact on Georgia neighborhoods

A trend he says is worsening Georgia’s housing crisis.

After the Great Recession more than a decade ago, plummeting housing prices attracted many large investment companies to buy a large number of residential properties as rental investments. Many people complained that this led to a rapid increase in the cost of living. This issue has now attracted the attention of Georgia political leaders. Democratic Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff announced on May 7 that he was investigating several top companies in…

Sen. Ossoff launches investigation into large, out-of-state companies driving up home prices in Georgia

U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff has launched an investigation into four major out-of-state companies buying up single-family homes in Georgia, a trend he says is driving up housing costs and squeezing local families out of the market.