This legislative session, another push to remove Georgia's ban on rental registries

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January 13th, 2025

In Georgia and 20 other states, a majority of tenant households spent 30% or more of their incomes on rent and utilities last year.

Georgia has prohibited local governments from requiring landlords to register their rentals since 2003 but advocates of cities and counties say the lack of information about rental properties is inhibiting their ability to do their job. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

This legislative session, local governments are expected to again push Georgia lawmakers to overturn the ban on rental registries.

Rental registries are databases of rental properties that could include details about the units and their owners. Georgia has prohibited cities or counties from requiring landlords to participate in any kind of registry since 2003.

Noah Roenitz of the Georgia Municipal Association, which advocates on behalf of cities in the state, said that local governments are facing a different housing landscape than in the early 2000s.

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