At Real Estate Forum, Leading Mayoral Candidates Address Atlanta’s Housing Supply

Candidates for Atlanta mayor, Antonio Brown, Andre Dickens, Sharon Gay, Felicia Moore and Kasim Reed took part in a forum Tuesday at Clark Atlanta University.

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The top five candidates in the race for Atlanta mayor, according to the latest polling numbers, tackled one of the city’s most vexing questions Tuesday night: how to boost Atlanta’s housing supply.

Their answers came during a forum in front of a few hundred real estate professionals at Clark Atlanta University. It was hosted by the Council for Quality Growth, Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors and Atlanta Realtors Association.

Former Mayor Kasim Reed, once again a candidate to lead the city, says Atlanta’s problems with rising rents and unforgiving traffic could both be solved. He says start by building on undeveloped land around MARTA stations.