{"497981":{"#nid":"497981","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Prof. Immergluck supports Mayor Reed\u0027s call for Fulton to address affordable housing problem","body":[{"value":"Mayor Kasim Reed called on Fulton County officials to do more to address a growing affordable housing problem in Atlanta.\u0026nbsp;In Thursday\u2019s annual State of the City speech, during which he discussed topics ranging from crime to wage equity, Reed urged Fulton County to follow the city\u2019s lead and require developers seeking taxpayer subsidies for residential projects to include affordable housing in their plans.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAffordable housing has become a hot topic in recent years as rental prices have risen while wage growth has lagged. An October 2015 report by Georgia Tech\u2019s Dan Immergluck, a professor in the School of City and Regional Planning, found that 95 percent of rental units built between 2012 and 2014 were luxury apartments. The same report finds a decline in affordable, low-cost units.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImmergluck praised the mayor for calling on Fulton to address the affordability issue, but noted \u201ceven the 10 percent set aside by Invest Atlanta is a bit on the low side, especially for the large luxury high-rises that have received substantial subsidy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2016-02-10 10:54:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:55","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/news\/local-govt-politics\/kasim-reed-calls-for-fulton-to-address-affordable-\/nqJ7s\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59739":{"id":"59739","type":"image","title":"Dan Immergluck","body":null,"created":"1449176227","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:07","changed":"1475894265","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:45","alt":"Dan Immergluck","file":{"fid":"190975","name":"Dan_Immergluck_2.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dan_Immergluck_2_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dan_Immergluck_2_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3563377,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Dan_Immergluck_2_0.JPG?itok=HZPf9eSI"}}},"media_ids":["59739"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}