Taylor is the founder and director of Mothers of Black Sons, a nonprofit dedicated to the growth and social development of young Black men, but has never before run for public office.
Primary Ballots: Taylor took a Democratic primary ballot in 2020. Inferred Party: Democrat, based solely on the one partisan primary ballot from 2020.
Taylor was endorsed by the ACC Democratic party during the 2022 election.
Signature Issues
Opposition to Housing Construction: Taylor typically votes against the approval of new market rate housing developments because she feels that new housing has a tendency to push out existing residents. At the commission meeting on February 4, 2025, Taylor announced that she would vote against all new housing developments that were not priced to be affordable for “working class Athenians.”
During the 2022 campaign, Taylor issued a press release detailing her background and areas of focus:
“’Being raised in Nellie B, I was exposed to the disparities of living in low income housing and how it affects those around you as well as the children that come after you,’ says Tiffany, herself a mother of three. In addition to youth development, Tiffany intends to apply her lived expertise to address the affordable housing crisis, equity for low-wage workers and community-based crime prevention as commissioner.”
Approve student apartments near Lay Park: NO Extend the ban on new data centers: YES Approve the future land use map: YES Regulate data centers: YES Approve North Avenue road diet: NO Build judicial center downtown: YES Start affordable housing trust fund: NO Approve FY 2027 budget: YES Authorize new sales tax referendum: YES Block ban on “urban camping”: YES Allow tiny houses: YES Keep accessory dwelling units banned: YES
Approve Settlement with Charles Hardy: YES Delay Racial Justice Resolution: YES Approve “The Shoals” Housing Development: NO Speak out against dissolving the ACC Board of Elections: YES Allow the demolition of the Saye building: NO Reject / proclaim support for racial equity and economic justice: YES / YES Approve roundabout at W. Hancock and W. Broad: NO Purchase electric vehicles: NO Approve Gaines School Road townhomes: NO Approve ADDA agreement allowing student apartments downtown: NO Approve FY2026 budget: YES Allow community garden for Triangle Plaza: YES Authorize fire station on Old Lexington Road: YES Moratorium on new data centers: YES Limit short-term rentals in multifamily zones: NO
Fund the Athens Homeless Coalition / Salvation Army: YES Raise the Stormwater Fee: YES Approve the Leisure Services Master Plan: YES Regulate Short-Term Rentals: YES Block Townhomes in Green Acres: YES Approve Low-Barrier Homeless Shelter: YES Overturn Restrictions on Public Comment: YES Fund Athens Achieves: NO Approve FY 2025 Budget: YES Approve Workforce Development Plan: YES Construct the Firefly Trail to Winterville: YES Living Wages for Neighborhood Leaders: YES Reallocate ARPA Funding: NO Block North Ave Roundabout & Road Diet: YES Reject Trash Franchising: YES Proclaim Athens as an LGBTQ+ Safe Haven: absent Urge State Legislature to Allow Ranked Choice Voting: NO
Delay Barber Street Improvements: YES Approve Mall Redevelopment: YES Restart the Eviction Prevention Program: YES Recognize the Firefighter’s Union: YES Approve the FY 2024 Budget: YES, YES Ban Indoor Vaping: YES Start Delinquency Prevention Initiative: YES House Public Safety Monitor in Auditor’s Office: YES Accept Affordable Housing Investment Strategy: YES Accept Plan to Reduce and Prevent Homelessness: YES Reject Pet Registration: NO Close First Step Encampment and Extend Hotel Voucher Program: YES
Tiffany Taylor — 57.0%