Are there any cheap houses in Atlanta for sale? Has Atlanta gotten too expensive to live in? Are there any affordable homes in Atlanta, Ga? The Atlanta housing market has gone crazy since covid – prices are up to the point where homes are becoming unaffordable for first time homebuyers. Many neighborhoods in Atlanta only have apartments and expensive larger single family homes that are out of reach for first time homebuyers. Smaller homes are a bridge between rental apartments and larger family homes – they are the missing middle in popular intown communities such as Decatur, Brookhaven and Virginia Highlands. New urban planners are embracing a solution for the missing middle called a cottage court, or bungalow court. Watch this video to see the innovative way that builders and planners are developing new affordable housing in Atlanta.