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Originally Posted by Woogieman
The home's valuation is half the equation. The total amount of property tax (you are charged is the important figure. I have seen countless examples of retirees on fixed incomes that have 2024 bills that will be more than $3,000 more than 2023. Because the process has been mismanaged and based on inaccurate individual home data for a long time, now residents are paying dearly for county govt. incompetence again, only this time, they won't be able to afford the higher taxes due to inflation, which easily eats up the 8.7% average increase to SS. The easy, common sense answer was to cap the increases and allow the elderly and low-income to more easily adjust their budgets, or make repairs so they can maximize the sale, but of course few govt. entities actually work for the citizens, they just keep collecting more obcene amounts of your money for projects you didn't vote on or for slush funds that will allow the politicians to run for higher offices.
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When these people’s homes were undervalued for years did they go to the city and appeal to have the valuation adjusted to be more realistic? Hell no, they were happy to pay taxes on a home assessed far below market value. I don’t want to see anyone lose their home and maybe there is a way to adjust the process for those that need it (a cap for those on SS, payment plans, etc…) but the others like Clay who are just bitching to bitch, need to pay their taxes.