School district property tax exemptions for seniors in the City of Atlanta and Fulton County are going into effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

ATLANTA - Atlanta city leaders are expected to slap a blight tax on property owners who neglect their homes and apartment buildings. Mayor Andre Dickens and District 3 Councilman Byron Amos ...

Atlanta homeowners have endured steep property tax increases for the last two years — a trend driven by soaring home values, new development, and rapid population growth. For many older residents on ...

Atlanta’s $10M tax relief fund pays property tax increases for seniors for up to 20 years. Eligibility: 60+, low to moderate income, current on property taxes. 330 homeowners added this year; $30K in ...

(The Center Square) – Atlanta voters will decide today on a measure that would give additional property relief to residents over the age of 65. The Georgia General Assembly agreed to pass the proposed ...

ATLANTA — A proposed “Blight tax” would increase the penalties for owners of vacant, abandoned, and blighted properties in Atlanta. As previously reported by Channel 2 Action News, Mayor Andre Dickens ...

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council has passed a “blight tax” to increase the penalties for owners of vacant, abandoned and blighted properties in Atlanta. Channel 2 Action News first told you about ...

When property tax assessments hit mailboxes in June, a collective outcry could be read in neighborhood chats from North Fulton to southeast Atlanta. One Atlanta resident who has lived in the same home ...

When 75-year-old Mary Johnson received a city of Atlanta flyer advertising a new program that pays for older residents’ property tax increases, she suspected it might be a scam. “This can’t be real,” ...

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council, alongside Mayor Andre Dickens, is ready to enact what they call a blight tax on absentee property owners and the owners of neglected or abandoned property in the ...

When Atlanta Public Schools’ new superintendent was sworn in on Monday, he told the audience that he wants little fanfare in his first 100 days. “There won’t be a ton of words,” Bryan Johnson told ...