A coalition of housing rights advocates are feeling disappointed heading into the homestretch of the 2025 legislative session after seeing little progress on bipartisan bills aimed at protecting Georgians from higher rents, problematic landlords and increasing threats of eviction.
Habitat for Humanity Northwest Metro Atlanta and House ATL are among the three dozen housing non-profits, civil rights groups, and faith-based organizations that have spent the session pushing for legislation regulating corporate-owned single-family homes and calling for the state to keep alive a federal emergency rental assistance program that runs out later later this year.
Despite backing multiple bipartisan bills this year, a leading voice in Georgia’s housing advocacy coalition says she sees a bleak outlook for the rest of the session.
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