{"344411":{"#nid":"344411","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Prof. Immergluck addresses Beltline Westside Trail anticipation about displacement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Nov. 12 Atlanta Beltline officials will break ground on the long-awaited\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/beltline.org\/2014\/07\/15\/atlanta-beltline-westside-trail-reaches-major-milestone\/\u0022\u003EWestside Trail\u003C\/a\u003E, and a new chapter in southwest Atlanta begins. It\u0027s a future some locals are viewing in frontier boom-town terms, filled with a mix of exciting opportunity and concerns about potential displacement. Some residents are concerned about losing some neighborhoods\u0027 history and that communities could be hurt by real estate speculators snatching up affordable homes. That could mean property values rise so high that some residents, including renters and seniors, get displaced. NPU K officials have been trying to help some seniors find property tax relief. More needs to be done, says Dan Immergluck, a Georgia Tech planning professor whose\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.georgiastandup.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Georgia%20Stand-Up-%20BeltLine%20Rising%20Home%20Values%20Final.pdf\u0022\u003Eresearch found\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that the announcement of the Beltline a decade ago spurred rising property values and taxes and displacement. He told\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECreative Loafing\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;that a property tax refund program \u2014 known in some places as a \u0022circuit breaker\u0022 \u2014 should be instituted to protect current homeowners from potential steep rises in property taxes.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2014-11-11 12:59:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:20","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Joanne Cole","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/clatl.com\/atlanta\/beltline-westside-trail-brings-anticipation-concerns-about-displacement\/Content?oid=12666741","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"109381","name":"betline"},{"id":"109391","name":"displacement"},{"id":"790","name":"Housing"},{"id":"109401","name":"november 12"},{"id":"8840","name":"tax"},{"id":"63331","name":"westside"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}