Investor-Owned Housing Emerging as Key Issue for Metro Atlanta Officials

Posted June 2, 2022

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Research by Brian An, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. An presented said research at the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum on June 1.

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Brian An, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech, found that large investor activity in a neighborhood was linked to a 3.5% decline in homeownership rates, but the connection disappeared when looking at predominantly white areas. In African American neighborhoods, he found as much as a 10% decline in homeownership rates.

An's presentation at the forum was also cited by Axios.

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Brian An, an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy.