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Harnett County residents urge review of steep property revaluations at commissioners meeting
Summary
Dozens of residents told the Harnett County Board of Commissioners they face large, unexpected property-assessment increases and urged appeals, exemptions or policy changes; several commenters pressed the board to require new development to pay its own infrastructure costs.
Dozens of residents told the Harnett County Board of Commissioners on Monday that recent property revaluations have produced large, unexpected increases that are causing alarm and hardship.
Several public commenters described steep jumps in assessed values for older, modest homes and mobile homes and said the new figures do not reflect lending or market realities. One resident said his 31-year-old mobile home’s assessed value rose from about $2,500 to $37,000 in a single cycle, prompting him to tell the board he would not support Chairman Matt Nichols…
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