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Norfolk resident urges council to lower tax rate after steep reassessment increases
Summary
At a Norfolk City Council public hearing on the fiscal 2025 ssessment, resident and landlord Keon Lindsey said his Ocean View apartment tax bill has climbed sharply since 2021 and urged the council to lower the city—usiness nd property tax rate; City Assessor Pete Rada outlined informal and formal appeal deadlines.
Keon Lindsey, a Navy veteran who owns a rental apartment in Ocean View, told the Norfolk City Council at a public hearing that his real estate tax bill rose from about $4,000 in 2021 to more than $7,000, and that reassessments and the city—urrent tax rate have made his property unaffordable.
"My real estate tax bill jumped 52%" in 2022, Lindsey said, adding that the bill rose another 10% in 2023 and again in 2024. "That's a $3,000 difference, which is an unbelievable 75% increase in my tax assessment, bill. Does…
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