DeKalb County’s Water Billing Crisis Can Affect Home Sales

Al Such / WABE

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It’s a seller’s market right now for residential real estate in metro Atlanta. But some DeKalb County homeowners face an extra hurdle if they put their houses up for sale.

For almost two years DeKalb County has been in a water billing crisis. Some residents have gotten water bills in the thousands of dollars while others haven’t gotten a water bill in the past several months.