Nonprofit Offers To Pay Westside Homeowners’ Property Tax Hikes. Why Won’t More Sign Up?

Business leaders have spent millions to revitalize the Westside neighborhoods around Mercedes-Benz Stadium while also helping current residents stay. But the results of one program show just how challenging that can be.

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Imagine if a nonprofit offered to pay any increase in property taxes for the next 20 years.

In a lot of Atlanta neighborhoods, John Ahmann suspects that kind of announcement would spur a flurry of interest.

“There would be a whole bunch of people that would figure out the program,” Ahmann said, “and probably deluge us with applications.”