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Sussex County Council adopts updates to senior and disability property tax-exemption thresholds
Summary
The county updated two local property tax-exemption ordinances — for low-income seniors and for disabled persons — raising the assessed-value exemption and changing residency and income rules so current beneficiaries keep comparable tax relief after reassessment.
Sussex County Council voted to adopt two ordinances updating local property tax-exemption rules for senior citizens and for disabled persons to preserve the relative tax benefit after a countywide reassessment.
Finance director Miss Jennings told the council the changes adjust the local exemption from $12,500 of assessed value to $229,000 "to make it very similar to what happens this year," and align the residency and income rules between the two programs. "The goal of both of the ordinances is just to make sure that everybody that qualifies for the programs today qualifies them tomorrow when the reassessment takes in effect," Jennings said.
The nut graf: County reassessments raised assessed values for many properties; council and staff said the local exemptions needed numeric updates so…
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