Tyler Perry donates $750K to help Atlanta senior homeowners with their property taxes

ATLANTA — Media mogul and philanthropist Tyler Perry is stepping up again to help senior citizens in Atlanta.

The City of Atlanta announced a $750,000 donation from Perry to assist low-income seniors with their property tax payments through the Invest Atlanta Partnership nonprofit.

“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,” Mayor Andre Dickens said. “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.”

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The donation will go toward paying off the back city and county taxes and school taxes for every low-income senior. The city says at least 300 seniors meet that criteria currently. Part of the funds will also freeze property taxes for 100 low-income seniors.

Perry told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he will also donate an additional $500,000 in each of the next four years.

“So… I knew that the success of my studio would affect all the property values around it. But make no mistake the seniors on fixed incomes around the studio will not lose their homes because of past due or rising taxes… no sir!! We ain’t doing that to our legacy. Thank you Mayor Dickens and Invest Atlanta for caring about our folks. God bless.”

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