The Georgia Residential Land Development Council appointed Jim Chapman, founder and CEO of the Jim Chapman Construction Group, as a founding member of its board of directors.  

Chapman also serves as the National Association of Home Builders’ third vice chairman. He’s been with the organization for more than 13 years.  

“Affordability is won or lost before the first home is ever framed — in zoning, entitlements, plan review and platting,” Chapman said. “GRLDC gives our industry a unified, data-driven voice and allows us to demonstrate the real-world impact these processes have on housing costs.” 

The GRLDC works to foster homebuilding by improving Georgia’s land-development and permitting processes. 

Today, Chapman’s JCCG is a full-service build-to-rent general contractor. It partners with institutional investors, commercial developers and publicly traded REITs to transform raw land into residential rental communities. 

“Jim has been part of GRLDC from the beginning and has helped shape our focus on practical, results-oriented reform,” GRLDC Chairman and Co-Founder Jay Knight said. “His 30 years in housing and development, combined with more than a decade of involvement with NAHB and his current role as third vice chairman, give him a valuable perspective on the challenges facing housing at the local, state and national levels. He understands that many of the costs affecting affordability are created long before construction starts.” 

Chapman said GRLDC’s lobbying on land-disturbance permitting reform and Georgia Senate Bill 447 are some of the organization’s most important accomplishments to date. He believes final plat reform should be GRLDC’s next priority as it works to improve predictability in the development process. 

“Georgia’s growth is a blessing, but only if the people fueling that growth can afford to live here,” Chapman said. “That’s why this work matters.”