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Hialeah council advances one-time relief checks to low-income seniors, citing pension prepayment savings
Summary
The City Council approved a first-reading ordinance to issue one-time checks to low-income, homesteaded seniors that would fully offset city property taxes for qualifying 2025 homesteads. Administration said the $1.2 million program is funded by interest savings from prepaying pension contributions; a second reading is set for March 10.
The City of Hialeah moved a step closer to sending one-time relief checks to low-income senior homeowners after the council approved the ordinance's first reading on Feb. 24.
Interim Chief Financial Officer Pedro Dufaria described the program as an attempt "to ensure that seniors in Hialeah are able to afford and maintain their homes." He said staff identified two senior-exemption groups and estimated the program's direct cost at about $1.2 million, covering roughly 6,635 households when including seniors already paying no city tax under existing long-term exemptions.
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