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Bill would extend property-tax exemption to church-owned workforce housing; municipalities and advocates clash
Summary
Senate Bill 291 would broaden property-tax exemptions to include certain church-owned housing used for workforce or mission-driven purposes, sponsor Senator Daryl Abbas said during a committee hearing.
Senator Daryl Abbas, prime sponsor of Senate Bill 291, told the Senate Ways and Means Committee the bill is intended to prevent churches and other religious organizations from having to evict tenants or leave housing vacant because municipalities treat nonpastoral housing on church property as nonreligious and thus taxable.
"Some communities are considering that to not be used for religious purposes even though the rental money received it goes back into the nonprofit or to the charitable purpose," Abbas said, explaining the bill would treat housing on church lots used for…
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