Rising taxes push longtime residents out of Southeast Raleigh. Local groups push back | Opinion

As gentrification transforms Southeast Raleigh, longtime residents are being pushed out by rising property taxes, but there’s more to it than the dynamics of the real estate market.

The process is being accelerated by tax policies.

As new homes and apartment buildings multiply in this section of the capital city, longtime residents living in older homes are seeing their home values soar and their taxes spike…

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