A delayed housing study gets a 2027–28 slot

An attainable-housing study postponed for lack of staff time is back in Chattahoochee Hills’ work plan for 2027–28. The adopted comprehensive plan lists staff time and a $20,000 estimate for the study, with the General Fund identified as its funding source. That entry schedules research, not home construction.⁠[1]

The study is part of the 2026 Comprehensive Plan, whose approval we previously reported. Draft action minutes record Council’s unanimous vote on October 6.⁠[1][2]

The plan’s housing figures explain the stakes: it reports a median age of 49.9 and a 2025 median home sale price of $600,000, up 31% since 2020. That sale-price figure covers homes that changed hands, not the entire housing stock; the plan puts the broader median home value at about $382,000.⁠[1]

An April 18 working-group summary records participants’ concerns about the lack of dedicated senior housing and seniors’ desire to remain in a rural setting. The adopted housing strategy calls for recruiting businesses and developers experienced in small-scale, rural-appropriate senior and assisted-living, workforce, agricultural and entry-level housing.⁠[1]

The form that housing might take remains a point of discussion. The adopted plan calls for continuing talks about micro/mini-hamlets, while a May working-group summary records concerns that micro-hamlets could contribute to sprawl or duplicate existing hamlets. The housing-study entry sets a timetable for examining options—not a promise of new homes by 2028.⁠[1]