dekalb county housing updates

April 2023 - New development around Auburn continues at a rapid rate. Three developments moved forward after Tuesday’s Auburn Plan Commission meeting. Those include two housing developments that will bring over 170 new residential units to the city. The Fieldstone development will include 26 duplex units and 15 townhouses. Watson Estates, on the city’s far west side, will bring 131 new housing units to the city. It will also see the extension of Lenora Lane to C.R. 19, allowing residents another entrance into the commercial businesses along Smaltz Way. A primary plat request for the Speed Subdivision development on the south end of Ley Drive by Walmart was tabled until the May 9 meeting as developers work to finalize their plans.

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January 2023 - We have one-page flyers for each community in DeKalb County, this data was taken from our Housing Study presented at the Housing Resource Hub Symposium.

April 2022 - The County-Wide Housing Symposium had great attendance, community leaders and key stakeholders were presented the survey data. See the slides.

September 2021 - we sent out a survey to gather feedback from our workforce in the county. The brief survey is to help us identify where housing needs exist. All responses will remain anonymous. Data will be taken from this survey and used in our county-wide strategy. 

June 2021 - the partnership launched a countywide housing strategy— a year-long process. The plan is “to take a formal analysis of where we stand, county wide, where our potential growth areas are, and how we can help incentivize and cultivate growth to meet our county housing demands,” King said. (https://www.kpcnews.com/thestar/article_b8d66cce-dfbd-5919-858c-75e6877bec74.html).