Brian Y. An

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Co-Director of Center for Urban Research, Director of Master of Science in Public Policy Program, & Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology

Low-income Americans in rural areas can struggle to pay market-rate rents. mphillips007/iStock via Getty Images Plus

March 12, 2026

Brian Y. An, Georgia Institute of Technology

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

Corporate investors own nearly one-third of all single-family rental properties in Atlanta. Kruck20/iStock via Getty Images

October 26, 2023

Brian Y. An, Georgia Institute of Technology

Black would-be homeowners pay the price when big investors buy up the neighborhood.