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Commissioners weigh boosting Long-Time Homeowners Assistance as revaluation raises tax burdens
Summary
Orange County staff told commissioners Tuesday that long-time homeowners in last year—s assistance cohort saw assessed values jump about 59 percent pre-appeal, and that the manager's recommended budget would raise average tax burdens for that cohort by roughly 22 percent.
Orange County staff and commissioners spent a substantive portion of the May 22 budget work session on the Long-Time Homeowners Assistance Program (LTHA), reviewing modeling of last year's applicants and considering amendments to help homeowners facing larger tax bills after the revaluation.
Kirk, housing staff, said the county added $24,000 to the LTHA in the manager's recommended budget and reallocated funding to increase emergency housing assistance. He presented analysis of last year's applicant cohort and said pre-appeal assessed values for that group rose about 59 percent from the prior year — a level higher than the county average. Based…
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