Though many associate homelessness with urban centers, the problem of lack of housing is more widespread, speakers said at a recent state Senate hearing on homelessness.
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The “Out of Reach 2022” report, published recently by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, paints a dire picture of a lack of housing affordability in the United States.
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Housing advocates, hoping to slow down evictions in Georgia, plan to push for a change in state law.
The state’s eviction process is one of the fastest in the country. As soon as tenants are late on rent, landlords can demand possession of the property and begin the eviction case at the courthouse.
Bambie Hayes-Brown of Georgia Advancing Communities Together said this can be tough for tenants if their payday doesn’t line up with the first of the month.
“If you don’t get paid until the fifth,” she said, “and you have a landlord who says rent is due on the first and they’re not extending a grace period, then they can go and file an eviction.”