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The Gentrification of Atlanta

KPFA - Against the Grain

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The Three-Part Property Tax Dysfunction in Atlanta

The county severely under taxes large commercial properties, says Mayor Kasim Reed. The city's land values have gone up by a factor of 10 in some neighborhoods, yet the property tax revenue did not go up anywhere near that, said Reed. "What we have is a gentrifying city where the benefits of gentrification have just accrued to the landowners," he added.

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