A Boston city councilor wants to jack up the property taxes for large and luxury apartment buildings, while lowering the annual tax bill for homeowners and small landlords.

Councilor Brian Worrell — who represents Mattapan, Dorchester, and parts of JP and Roslindale — is out with a plan that would more than double the tax rate on large apartment buildings.

Worrell says his proposal would help drop the yearly tax bill for the average Boston homeowner and small landlord by nearly $1,000.

His plan comes as the city reportedly heads toward a $1.7 billion budget shortfall in the next five years, as empty office buildings have commercial values plummeting.

“My top priority is to make Boston more affordable, and this proposal does just that, lowering costs for our workforce and homeowners, re

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