Southwest Atlanta homeowners want to clean up some of the older properties and they are asking local officials to help them in the fight against the blight. Mayor Kasim Reed and his aides are in the process of creating the budget for the next fiscal year, and the “blighter fighters,” members of 11 local neighborhood organizations, are calling for more funds to be allocated to the destruction of dilapidated buildings.

One budget estimate puts the total amount needed to demolish all the dilapidated homes in Atlanta at just over $7 million. That would allow for the city to knock down roughly 500 of these homes in Atlanta. “Blighter fighter” groups are using a study conducted by Immergluck that found the blight was costing the city millions of dollars in unpaid tax already, which means raising the buildings would actually be a long term money saving option for all Atlanta homeowners.

This sort of citizen fight has given many Atlanta homeowners hope and caused quite a stir in the local community, including with local Atlanta movers. Community members want to tear down these houses so new developments can be created that will only benefit the community as a whole. The more local Atlanta movers they see coming into the town, the better it will be for the town itself.

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