Longtime county homeowners on fixed incomes warn proposed changes could force moves
Multiple residents at the March 25 hearing said proposed tax changes would strain people on fixed incomes; one longtime homeowner said, "I'm getting taxed out of my house." Officials urged individualized reviews and reiterated limits on county authority over city and school levies.
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At the public hearing, several residents said the proposed levy changes could force longtime homeowners from their properties. Kurt Moore, who said he moved into his 125-year-old house in 1987 and is on Social Security, told supervisors: "I'm getting taxed out of my house." He estimated the change could amount to "somewhere around 3 or $400 a year."
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