Inside Sandy Springs’ Housing Challenge: Navigating Market Forces
In this Q&A, Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul discusses how redevelopment, zoning reforms, and the realities of market forces are shaping the city’s housing challenge.
Home Ownership Affordability Monitor
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Home Ownership Affordability Monitor (HOAM) provides a monthly measure of the median-income household’s capacity to afford the median-priced home at the national, metro, and metro-county levels.
Disaster Preparedness Toolkit
This toolkit includes four webinar recordings, a comprehensive resource guide, model ordinances and agreements, and supporting materials for cities.
Housing
Article
Inside Braselton’s Residential Development Strategy
September 23, 2025
In this Q&A, Braselton Mayor Kurt Ward explains how updated development standards, thoughtful infrastructure planning, and a focus on neighborhood character are shaping the city’s residential growth strategy.
Economy | Finance
Resource Link
The Municipal Cost Index
The Municipal Cost Index is designed to show the effects of inflation on the cost of providing municipal services.
Housing
Data Dashboard
Southeastern Rental Affordability Tracker
This Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta tool provides estimates of the location, number, and share of renter households across the Southeast that pay rents that exceed affordability standards. It can also be used to understand market-level gaps in available rental housing stock at various income levels and geographies.
Economy
Organization
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
The Atlanta Fed is the home of the Federal Reserve's Sixth District, serving Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Our public service mission is to strengthen the economy and our communities by fostering the stability, integrity, and efficiency of our nation's monetary, financial, and payments systems.
Housing
Data Dashboard
Home Ownership Affordability Monitor
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Home Ownership Affordability Monitor (HOAM) provides a monthly measure of the median-income household’s capacity to afford the median-priced home at the national, metro, and metro-county levels.