The new zoning code for the city of Chattanooga opens up the lot size restrictions on new single-family homes. Smaller lot sizes could mean more affordable housing in the long-run.
There are more than 78,000 parcels of land in the city, and of those, a little over 11,000 are coded as “undeveloped and unused land.” Here’s how to find them.
Most condemned houses get back up to code, but with the city’s limited demolition budget, some can stay boarded up for a long, long time.
While most people who experience homelessness return to housing relatively quickly, there are more than 400 people in Hamilton County who are chronically homeless. Permanent supportive housing could help.
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency has a new tool allowing the public to monitor construction in the county.
Housing prices have been rapidly rising in Chattanooga. In the last seven years, the median-price of a house in Chattanooga has doubled.
Since the pandemic began, the unsheltered homeless population in Hamilton County, TN, has increased five-fold.
Accessory dwelling units were legalized everywhere in Chattanooga earlier this year.
