Georgia's severe housing shortage—over 365,000 homes—drives up costs for rural and urban buyers and renters alike. The bottom line: home prices and rents are rising much faster than local incomes. This is a policy failure, and good policy can fix it. I know how to make policy work—and I'm ready to deliver results.

How Did We Get Here?

Multiple forces created this crisis: rapid population growth, restrictive zoning laws that block new development, soaring construction costs, and years of underbuilding—especially for affordable and middle-income housing.

In our coastal district, the shortage hits particularly hard. Glynn County alone needs 9,545 additional housing units. Teachers, nurses, hospitality workers, and service industry employees—the people who keep our tourism economy running—can't afford to live where they work. Young families are being priced out of Brunswick, St. Simons, and Jekyll Island—the very communities their parents called home. Meanwhile, in Long County near Fort Stewart, military families and civilian workers struggle to find affordable housing, and rural McIntosh County lacks the available homes needed to attract teachers, first responders, and essential workers.

I Commit to the Right Housing Solution.

Making homes possible requires policy reforms that increase supply and expand direct assistance. With my background in policy development and community planning, I have the tools to turn these solutions into reality. I commit to driving these discussions and votes:

• Update zoning codes to allow duplexes, triplexes, and small-scale multifamily buildings in more areas.

• Require local governments to approve quality affordable housing projects within 90 days.

• Lower building costs by reducing or waiving impact fees for new affordable units.

• Promote off-site construction of modular and manufactured homes for installation in our district.

• Expand housing trust funds to provide dedicated, flexible revenue for building and preserving affordable housing.

• Allow Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in single-family neighborhoods—backyard cottages and over-garage apartments regulated for community standards and safety—and promote them through tax abatements for homeowners who rent at below-market rates.