Tyler Perry has announced that he’s donating $750,000 toward helping older Atlantans on fixed incomes cover rising property taxes. The actor and filmmaker said he wants to ensure the seniors are able to remain in their homes.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens applauded the donation in a statement saying, “Atlanta’s growth and prosperity should not come at the expense of our legacy residents—many of whom have been priced out of their homes in previous years. Tyler Perry has been engaged in our ongoing conversations around legacy resident retention, and he told me he wanted to do something to support these efforts. Thanks to his generosity, more Atlantans will be able to remain in the communities they built.”
The $750,000 donation will go toward:
- Paying off all back property taxes for every low-income senior in Atlanta. More than 300 low-income seniors currently owe back-taxes. The assistance will cover not only City taxes, but back County and school taxes.
- Freezing property taxes for 100 low-income seniors by using funds to pay the difference between present day property taxes and property tax increases through a pilot program.
The funds will be administered by Invest Atlanta Partnership, the nonprofit wing of the City’s economic development authority.
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