There’s only one home left on the market after an affordable homeownership program kicked off this summer in the pricey suburb of Decatur.
Rachel Dubruze and her son Aiden just moved into their new home at Oak Cottage Court in downtown Decatur.
It’s close to her nursing job at her son’s school at Talley Elementary School.
“Probably less than [a] 10-minute walk, a 2-minute drive,” says first-time homeowner Dubruze. ” The school system is great.”
The Decatur Land Trust’s initiative has been geared toward, but not exclusively for, people who work for or work in the city.
DeKalb County native Courtney Hartnett is a 20-year veteran teacher at Oakhurst Elementary School who has been longing to live here. She is the first person to buy in the neighborhood.
“It’s different to be in the neighborhood with my students,” says Hartnett. “It’s been lovely having new neighbors move in.”
Neither woman …