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DeKalb County CEO urges rental registry and protections as housing costs rise
Summary
Elaine Cochran Johnson, DeKalb County CEO, told the House Governmental Affairs Committee that corporate purchases and sharp rent increases are squeezing homeownership and urged lawmakers to back a rental registry and tenant protections; she offered the county’s legislative agenda and research support.
Elaine Cochran Johnson, the new chief executive officer of DeKalb County, addressed the House Governmental Affairs Committee about housing pressures in DeKalb and Metro Atlanta and asked legislators to consider the county’s housing legislative agenda.
Johnson said corporate and out-of-state investors are buying single-family homes in parts of DeKalb and that “over 52% of our residential…
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