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Committee hears bill to repeal rent‑control prohibition and allow local rent‑stabilization
Summary
House Bill 299 would repeal the state prohibition on rent control (Code section 44‑7‑19) and allow municipalities to adopt rent‑stabilization measures; academics and tenant advocates supported the change while builders and apartment industry groups opposed it.
Representative Rhonda Taylor presented House Bill 299, proposing repeal of the state prohibition that prevents local governments from enacting rent control, and argued localities should be allowed to adopt rent stabilization appropriate to local conditions.
Taylor cited HUD data and state estimates of homelessness and housing cost burdens and said Georgia’s rent increases outpaced income growth in recent years. She described HB 299 as a tool that would allow…
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