City launches program to help protect seniors against rising property taxes

Hundreds of seniors who own their homes in Atlanta say they are sleeping better now thanks to a new program aimed at protecting them from rising property taxes.

There’s been a tremendous amount of growth throughout the city, including in the city’s West End, where some families are getting pushed out because they can’t afford the rising property taxes.

That’s why the city and Invest Atlanta have launched a program that pays an increase in taxes above the homeowners’ base taxes for a period of 20 years…

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