Neighbors are just one day away from a vote that could significantly increase the property tax rate in their metro Atlanta city.
The Brookhaven City Council will vote Tuesday raising its property taxes for first time since 2015. The current rate is 2.74 mills. If it passes, it would jump to 3.85 mills, which is about a 40% increase.
Sadia Carathimas and her husband own a home in Brookhaven. It’s where they are raising their family. But she says the cost of living there could force them out of the city…