WATCH LIVE: Atlanta mayor discusses new ‘blight tax’ targeting city’s vacant buildings

[@Sureyoudo]

Every City should do this!

[@grayscar05]

I'm grateful! The Westside needs this very much!!! So many internationally neglectful homeowners

[@jennifercromwell1634]

Great job , Mayor!

[@SherrySeally]

That needs to be every state

[@meganharris583]

Good stuff

[@morganruest1803]

I purchased a property from a tax sale and i was a blight but i gotten a license gc and the city is gonna let me get i up to code be carful buying cheap properties

[@ATLIEN333]

OPTICS is what this is called. THE MAYOR HAS NO IDEA HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET BASIC CODE ENFORCEMENT resolved.! The system doesn't work with the enforcement along with the judicial side of this equation. Does the Mayor know about the high turnover in code enforcement? Does he know how long a junked vehicle will sit and sit and sit and nothing is done? Fix the broken system that you have now.

[@meganharris583]

Thanks for this. I didn’t know about the turnover rate.

[@meganharris583]

Did she say $200 MM and only 28 homes?

[@grayscar05]

The City of Atlanta is ran by mostly incompetent staff. Just how they didnt bother penalizing residents for not paying their water bill for 11 years. They said last year would be the last year of free water but still no REINFORCEMENT today. I'll be voting for any non-Democrats in the future. We need major change!!!

[@lt3943]

Thank you for your phenomenal leadership Mayor Andre Dickens 🙏🏾❤️