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Comparing Property Tax Disparities in America’s Largest Cities
Revista Land LinesAgosto 2023By Kristina McGeehan, August 16, 2023Produced annually, the comprehensive 50-state report provides the most meaningful data available to compare property taxes among cities by calculating the effective tax rate: the tax bill as a percentage of a property’s market value.
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This Simple Policy Tool Can Make Property Taxes Fairer and Ease Homeowner Hardship
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Jon Gorey, December 6, 2022A homestead exemption is a fiscally sound and equitable way to ease the property tax burden on residents.
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How State Aid and Local Property Taxes Can Together Fund Quality Education for All Students
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2022By Allison Ehrich Bernstein, November 15, 2022Local property taxes and state aid each have flaws, but a thoughtful combination of these two revenue sources is the most effective recipe for funding a high-quality K–12 education for all...
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Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2022By Anthony Flint, November 10, 2022Freetown, Sierra Leone, is one of seven cities around the world that have appointed chief heat officers as part of a global effort to invest in a climate-resilient future. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr...
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How Property Tax Limits Shift Burdens to New Home Buyers
Revista Land LinesJulio 2022By Will Jason, July 13, 2022.Produced annually. the 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study provides the nation’s most comprehensive analysis of local property tax rates by calculating the effective tax rate—the tax paid as a percentage of market value—for 74 large U.S. cities and a r
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Public Schools and the Property Tax: A Comparison of Education Funding Models in Three U.S. States
Revista Land LinesAbril 2022In the wake of COVID-19, policy makers have a new opportunity to craft a combination of state aid and local property tax funding that enables all students to obtain an adequate and equitable education.
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Targeted Relief: A Better Way to Keep Property Tax Bills Stable for Homeowners
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2021By Will Jason, November 3, 2021Amid rising home values, cities and states need to provide targeted relief to keep property taxes affordable while avoiding overly broad measures that could undermine the largest source of local revenue, according to a new Policy Focus Report from the Lin
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Idaho Seeks Relief
The Local Implications of a Controversial Statewide Property Tax BillRevista Land LinesAgosto 2021By Liz Farmer, August 9, 2021Home prices in Idaho are surging. Over the past year, median home values in large cities like Boise and Nampa have increased by as much as 38 percent. Those higher prices, combined with the end of a...
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Same House, Different Tax Bill
Inequities from Property Tax Limits Grow with Rising Home Values, Report ShowsRevista Land LinesJunio 2021By Will Jason, June 30, 2021Disparities caused by property tax assessment limits in U.S. states have doubled in five years, according to a new report.
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Uneven Impacts
The Pandemic, The Property Tax, and Municipal RecoveryRevista Land LinesJunio 2020By Liz Farmer, June 16, 2020Local governments are still learning what the COVID-19 crisis will mean for their revenues over the next year. In large part, the answer will depend on what part of the economy they rely on for their...
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