The Decatur Planning Commission, during its Dec. 10 meeting, supported a rooming home for homeless women at 232 East Lake Drive, a property located adjacent to the Oakhurst Baptist Church.
Seeking to boost economies and ease housing shortages, cities are taking steps to encourage the conversion of unused office space into much-needed housing.
With a fifth of the nation’s office space sitting empty, cities from Atlanta and Seattle are easing or ending regulations to make conversions more affordable and therefore more likely.