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This 27-year-old will graduate with $90,000 in student loans

A GSU student working toward his doctorate, Benjamin Krysiek knows how hard it is for people with disabilities to find affordable housing.

(Most) everything you need to know about Housing Choice Vouchers, aka Section 8

The program waitlist is open for the first time since 2021—but only for a few days. Here are the FAQs about HCVs.

A senior sees Bankhead progressing—and leaving folks behind

Vanessa Alexander stays rooted in her community with a prayer line, Bible studies, and neighborhood cookouts

Rising property taxes have complicated this artist's retirement plan

Susan McCracken on the importance of community—and her dream of moving to the mountains

A full-time caregiver navigates rising rent, aging family, and parenthood

Woolridge's new home is “a land of opportunity,” a center of “Black excellence,” and a healthcare desert

Meet the Cost of Living fellows

Members of our inaugural fellowship cohort will support the reporting needs of the project—and pursue stories of their own

Join the Cost of Living Project!

We're giving 8 teens $100 (+ a disposable camera) each to photograph their neighborhood

In between jobs in Grant Park

This 56-year-old former real estate analyst likes to joke that she’s another local living the life of “home-loaner-ship"

Hope for a Post-it note

A lifelong Grove Park resident on what it’s like to be caught in a gentrification feedback loop

How do Georgia’s eviction laws impact me?

How many rent payments can I miss before my landlord can evict me? If I’ve been evicted in the past, can landlords automatically reject me?

Understanding TADs and TIFs, the financing tricks that transform cities

In Atlanta, the TAD program has been credited for billions of dollars in assessed property value growth since the program began in 2001

Meet this MRI technologist from East Cobb

This 54-year-old's family's combined household income—he lives in East Cobb with his wife and son—is $150,000

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