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Casey Jones said:
Do the voters have NO say in this?
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You can vote for different people and you can challenge certain assessments.

I'm in Bucks County:

Board of Assessment Appeals | Bucks County, PA

The primary function of the board, which is comprised of three members, is to determine the current market value of all properties in the county and calculate the appropriate assessment.
www.buckscounty.gov

PA in general:

Property Tax Appeal in PA

Considering filing a dispute on your tax assessment? Here are 5 reasons to consider a property tax appeal. Our real estate attorneys can help.
highswartz.com

Casey Jones said:
Does PA have a referendum process, that they can propose a property-tax freeze on property already owned? Like California's Prop. 13.
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Over the years I've heard talk about reform but it never materialized. Here's a few links to news articles. Note the dates.


State lawmaker proposes eliminating school property taxes, shifting burden to the state

Homeowners across Pennsylvania are paying billions in school property taxes, but a new proposal aims to eliminate those taxes and shift the burden to the state.
www.wpxi.com

Pennsylvania governor proposes historic change for homeowners

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's new budget proposal includes a $1 billion property tax relief initiative.
www.newsweek.com

PA does have a property tax / rent rebate program (kinda hard to qualify for a lot of peeps):

Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program

Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program
www.pa.gov

Casey Jones said:
This has to stop. Has to be made to stop.
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I agree 100%.
 
Casey Jones said:
Do the voters have NO say in this?

Does PA have a referendum process, that they can propose a property-tax freeze on property already owned? Like California's Prop. 13.

This has to stop. Has to be made to stop.
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The voters can fire the assholes raising rates, these people are elected.
 
New York

New law lets thousands of homeowners slash their property tax bill by 65%​

New legislation signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul will allow seniors living in the state to receive up to 65 percent in property tax exemption, a measure that she said should “make New York affordable” for those struggling with higher bills.

Newsweek contacted Governor Hochul’s office for comment by email on Monday morning, outside of standard working hours.

Why It Matters​

Property taxes have climbed all across the country in the years following the pandemic home-buying frenzy, which sent home values through the roof.

In 2023, according to data by Cotality, median property taxes in the U.S. were up 26.3 percent from 2019 for homeowners who had their properties reassessed. From 2023 to 2024, they rose another 5.5 percent nationwide, according to CoreLogic.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/rea...y-tax-bill-by-65/ar-AA1RWguL?ocid=socialshare
 
That woman is a witch.

And that source is a Party website.

I wanna see the FINE PRINT.
 
As I see it, the problem here isn't just assessment of market value - although that can be, frequently is, messed up, deliberately. It's jacking up the rates.

Locally here, there's a few examples. One that made the regional news, was that of a couple that bought a McRanch out near Great Falls in the early 1980s. Paid a very-modest price for it - under 100k. Retired there.

Now the property is appraised at over a million dollars. And local sales prices support that. There and in my town, here - prices are OUT of control - partly because of California refugees and partly because of REIT and other speculation on multifamily and industrial land.

All that money, printed up a few years ago...now chasing land in the less-spoiled regions of the nation.

What is happening to the Great Falls couple is, their tax bill is forcing them to sell. THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. I don't know if they have a Homestead reduction, or even if the tax bill is unaffordable WITH that reduction. You cut the tax from $40k to $20k, when you're living on only $35k, it's not much help.

Cal. Prop. 13, as I understood it, froze taxes at the level and rate they were assessed at time of sale. With inflation, that's not practical; I don't know if there's a CPI override on it, or other stipulations.

A blanket freeze is probably not practical; but there has to be a better way than jumping through hoops for a corrupt Assessor. I have been through THAT in NY State.
 
Casey Jones said:
That woman is a witch.

And that source is a Party website.

I wanna see the FINE PRINT.
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It's always about the income limits. In order to get the break your income will most likely have to be around poverty level.
 
Texas

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to increase the homestead exemption for school property taxes again​

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Tuesday unveiled a plan to drive down property taxes by further hiking the amount of a home’s value that can’t be taxed to pay for public schools and lowering the age at which Texans qualify for additional relief on their school tax bills.

Under Patrick’s proposal, dubbed “Operation Double Nickel,” the state’s homestead exemption for school property taxes would increase by another $40,000, after Texas voters in November green-lit the latest increase by the same amount, from $100,000 to $140,000. The minimum exemption under Patrick’s latest plan would allow homeowners to shave $180,000 off the value that can be taxed by their local school district.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/l...erty-taxes-again/ar-AA1S24e4?ocid=socialshare
 
How 'bout, we just reduce the size of school districts.

Go back to NEIGHBORHOOD schools.

And pay teachers what they're worth - which is not what the NEA has gotten them through goonion tactics.

Remember the day, back when primary-school teaching was the job for young women, not yet settled...who, once they found men, could leave and then maybe return when the children were grown? What the hell was wrong with THAT? Are we still wrapped up in this denying of basic biological/sexual differences? To the point where we have to first, pervert our children, then bring our wombynz, now seduced by the LGBTQ++ demons, into schools at corporate CEO salaries? With a whole phalanx of educrat positions opened up, to mirror CEO slots in major (Government-connected) corporations?
 

Lower Merion commissioners approve 8% tax hike, citing 'looming cliff' after 13 years of no increase​

Lower Merion residents will see an 8% increase on their property tax bill in 2026, a move commissioners say is a necessary remedy to the “mistake” of keeping tax rates stagnant for over a decade.

The township board of commissioners on Dec. 17 approved an 8% property tax increase for next year. The increase will bring the property tax millage rate from 4.462 mills to 4.819 mills. The median single-family homeowner in Lower Merion will pay around $1,386 in real estate taxes, a $103 increase from 2025.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...s-of-no-increase/ar-AA1SV88M?ocid=socialshare
 
Didn’t their property valuation go up over those thirteen years? My rate has increased slightly, but my valuation has gone up 30% in five years, and my tax and the government’s revenue proportionately.
 
PA (Bucks)

Bucks County will increase property taxes by 8% in 2026 to close deficit​

Bucks County residents will see an 8% property tax increase next year.

The Democratic-led Bucks County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 Wednesday to raise taxes in response to a $16.4 million deficit in the county’s $516 million operating budget.

County staff had requested a 7.2% tax increase to fill the budget hole, but Democratic Commissioners Bob Harvie and Diane Ellis-Marseglia voted to increase that hike to 8%, citing inflation and uncertainty in state and federal dollars.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...to-close-deficit/ar-AA1SxC0K?ocid=socialshare
 
Bucks County...is that Warren?

They don't have either the industry to support it, nor the money residents may have.

If they want to out new-york New York, this is a fine way.
 
KnowWhy said:
Didn’t their property valuation go up over those thirteen years? My rate has increased slightly, but my valuation has gone up 30% in five years, and my tax and the government’s revenue proportionately.
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They'd appreciate it if you'd quit trying to throw a monkey wrench into their plans to spend more money.
 
searcher said:
Warren is somewhere in the upper NW part of the state.
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For some reason I thought it was just over the state line.

I never lived in PA, but I lived in Chautauqua County, on and off, for about seven years. Back in the 1970s, we used to get a lot of teens from Warren, come up, drive to Jamestown...buy booze (drinking age was 18 in NY)...and then drive over to our village of nothing-but summer residences (200 permanent residents) and drink on empty cul-de-sacs. Or drive and drink. Or drink and fornicate. In any proportion of the three.

I had a buddy who was a cop there, and he had plenty of stories. The beer he liberated from those kids, kept him from having to buy any.
 

Bedridden 91-year-old Pennsylvania grandma's house sold out from under her due to $3.5K tax debt she thought was paid. Could this happen to you?​

A bedridden 91-year-old grandmother may soon be evicted from her Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, home over what her family and attorneys say was an oversight that led to an unpaid tax bill and eventually a lien on the property.

Gloria Gaynor’s family recently received a warning she would be forcibly removed by the new owners — who bought the house from under her — with the help of authorities, according to 6abc Philadelphia. (1)

Davis, who lives in Florida, has been left scrambling to find accommodations for her mother.

But those close to Gaynor say none of this should have happened in the first place. Here’s how the events unfolded, and how to keep this from happening to you.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/per...is-happen-to-you/ar-AA1TB8Jg?ocid=socialshare

G.J. Gaynor v. Delaware County TCB & CJD Group, LLC (majority)​

Justia › U.S. Law › Case Law › Pennsylvania Case Law › Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Decisions › 2025 › G.J. Gaynor v. Delaware County TCB & CJD Group, LLC
 
The title is a tad misleading but it's a good vid.

Florida Property Taxes CANCELLED! (School Boards EXPOSED)​

Jan 17, 2026
Property tax fraud has been so rampant over the past decade that nearly every American homeowner has been affected by it in someway or another. Some people are even losing their homes because of how much their property taxes have shot up and the problem is many of these appraisal districts are flat out breaking USPAP laws which make these tax increases illegal but also the school districts account for usually over half of your property tax bill with nothing to show for it.

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