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Resident urges reassessment after parent’s home taxed at more than $1 million
Summary
A Brown Deer resident told trustees her elderly parents were hit with a sudden, large property assessment — she said the assessor valued the home at $1,021,700 and their annual tax bill rose from about $13,000 to $20,000. She asked the board for reassessment or a refund and raised concerns about assessor communication and methodology.
Toshiba Adams told the Village of Brown Deer Board of Trustees on Jan. 12 that her elderly parents, Basil and Jesse Stewart of Duncheswood Subdivision, received an unexpectedly large property assessment that placed their home at over $1,000,000 and sharply increased their tax bill.
"In a single year, my parents' home was assessed at...$1,021,700 for a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom house," Adams said. She told the board the assessment rose by roughly $463,000 in one year and that the family’s annual property tax payment grew from about $13,000 to $20,000.
The family, Adams said, tried to reach…
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