Atlanta’s senior residents will get help staying in their homes through a now-citywide program that’ll cover their property taxes through the Anti-Displacement Tax Relief Fund.
Funds for the program come from $10 million from the Centennial Yards Housing Trust Fund and a $750,000 donation from film executive Tyler Perry. The money will go towards paying increasing property taxes for legacy residents over the next 20 years.
“These are the people we are doing this work for, and I can already see the difference it is making in some of their lives. I also think about this as a son of a senior homeowner, and I know the importance of making sure legacy residents across our city can age in place and age with dignity in the homes that they worked so hard for,” said Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens during a press conference on the program’s expansion.
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