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As Ben Franklin famously said, nothing is certain except death and taxes. But unless we’re talking about the Sixers, we have less to debate about the former than the latter right now. Philadelphia has rolled out the first citywide reassessment of property values in three years — an average 31% increase in residential property taxes — but some homeowners will see much bigger spikes in their home values.
Some observations from my week sifting through assessment policy and talking to homeowners to report this story: Nobody wants their tax bill to go up, but for some, an extra thousand dollars could financially ruin them. There are many relief options to lower your property tax bill. Many homeowners don’t know they exist.
Some cities take the slow, educational route to property reassessments, informing residents well in advance of the methodology and giving property owners ample notice of their appeal rights and relief options. City Hall chose the opposite path, and perhaps as a result, there’s a lot of confusion. Want to help do the city’s job and spread the word? Look up your older neighbors’ assessments at
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