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DeKalb highlights housing push: emergency shelter, rapid housing and thousands reached through homeownership events
Summary
CEO Lorraine Cochran Johnson described a multifaceted housing effort that includes DeKalb's first 400‑bed emergency shelter, a 60‑unit rapid housing project at Park 500, conversion of hotels to housing, and NACA events that processed more than 7,000 people and created over 900 new homeowners.
Lorraine Cochran Johnson said housing would be a priority for the county and outlined several concrete initiatives to expand supply and stabilize households.
Johnson noted the county worked with the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) to hold multiple housing events that processed more than 7,000 individuals and resulted in more than 900 new homeowners. She said the county established a 400‑bed emergency shelter — its first — and opened a 60‑unit rapid housing project at Park 500 that DeKalb has an ownership interest in.
The CEO described additional strategies to preserve and create affordable housing: activating underutilized land, increasing and preserving affordability, supporting homeownership and working to prevent displacement. She also said the county is pursuing conversions of extended‑stay hotels into permanent housing and taking legal action to address blighted properties that hinder neighborhood recovery.
What remains to be specified: Johnson framed these moves as part of a broader housing portfolio under development; project timelines, funding breakdowns and service‑provider arrangements were not enumerated in the address.
