Issue Position: Property Tax Reform

Issue Position

Monroe County homeowners still haven't had any property tax relief two years after the introduction of HB 76 and the Hold Harmless Lawsuit. It is time to introduce common sense legislation that has a chance to pass in Harrisburg.

Reducing the tax burden of Monroe County homeowners for real starts with using the existing Homestead provisions of Act 72 to direct relief to homeowners' primary residences. It further expands the Property Tax / Rent Rebate program for seniors with limited resources and enacts a "circuit breaker" to target tax relief for needy tax payers regardless of age when property taxes cross a threshold. Finally, it implements a fair school funding formula and sticks with it.

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