Gwinnett County now has a new financial tool aimed at owners who leave unsafe or deteriorating properties unresolved: multiply part of their property-tax rate sevenfold.
The county’s Community Redevelopment Tax Incentive Program took effect Sept. 1. Properties formally designated as blighted can have the county General Fund millage rate multiplied by seven until the problems are corrected or the property is redeveloped.
That does not mean the owner’s entire property-tax bill becomes seven times larger. The penalty applies to the county’s General Fund portion. School taxes and the other portions of the bill are not multiplied.
What seven times the rate actually means
Gwinnett’s 2026 General Fund rate is 6.95 mills. Under the new program, a designated property would effectively face a 48.65-mill General Fund rate…