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Council committee advances proposal to loosen West Haven senior tax-freeze; public hearing set
Summary
A legislative committee advanced an amendment to West Haven’s elderly tax-freeze that would reduce the residency requirement from 20 to 10 consecutive years and remove the restriction on children under 25 living in the household; the change could add roughly $500,000 to the city’s budget and a public hearing was scheduled.
The City Council’s Legislative Matters Committee on April 14 advanced a proposed amendment to West Haven’s elderly tax-freeze ordinance that would lower the residency requirement for eligibility from 20 consecutive years to 10 and would eliminate the rule barring children under 25 from living with a qualifying homeowner.
Councilwoman Catherine Tucker, acting as chair of the committee, presented the amended ordinance language, which also sets household income limits for eligibility: $50,000 for married couples and $35,000 for single applicants, with Social Security payments excluded from the…
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