A Call to Fix Our Broken Property Tax Appraisal Process

Brigid on the doorsPetition to the State Legislature:

We urge the Texas Legislature to fix the property tax appraisal process. The current system is placing an unfair burden on home owners, making Austin and Travis County increasingly unaffordable.

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signed 2014-06-01 15:41:08 -0500
signed 2014-06-01 13:01:21 -0500
signed 2014-06-01 12:53:02 -0500
signed 2014-06-01 12:20:55 -0500
Equalize the tax burden!
signed 2014-06-01 12:05:04 -0500
Thanks for your efforts to fix the broken property tax. We believe you are going to be a Great County Commissioners.
signed 2014-06-01 12:03:42 -0500
Hope this helps. A lot of folks want to know why corporate entities get all the breaks!
signed 2014-06-01 11:22:25 -0500
The legislature should require disclosure of sale prices for all real property and limit equity lawsuits for commercial and industrial properties.
signed via 2014-06-01 11:16:19 -0500
signed 2014-06-01 11:12:06 -0500
Outraged as 31 yr resident of travis county. We are taxed out of our homes
signed 2014-06-01 11:00:29 -0500
signed 2014-06-01 10:46:50 -0500
signed 2014-06-01 09:22:20 -0500
signed 2014-06-01 00:18:08 -0500
signed 2014-05-31 22:24:39 -0500
signed 2014-05-22 20:02:26 -0500
signed 2014-05-21 13:57:33 -0500
I was at last night’s forum at the Unitarian church and was very impressed with the turnout and the information. I’m trying to find out where future forms are. How can I find this information I want to post it on my neighborhood email.
signed 2014-05-20 21:48:57 -0500
signed 2014-05-20 15:31:36 -0500
There has been a major shift in the property tax burden from big business to homeowners. Large corporations have the resources to sue for lower valuations with little transparency, and homeowners pick up the tab.
signed 2014-05-20 14:14:50 -0500
signed 2014-05-20 11:03:09 -0500
signed 2014-05-19 09:54:37 -0500
Property taxes are making our area unaffordable for median income neighbors who have lived here a long time and don’t want to have to sell and move. If someone wants to take advantage of the prices newcomers will pay for the privilege of tearing the little old house down and replacing it with a McMansion, fine and well. They should not be forced to sell though because they cannot afford the tax on the new appraised value. None of my other assets have true appreciated value until I sell. My property taxes are now $1000/month. And that does not include all the other fees and taxes that the City collects from me as a homeowner.
signed 2014-05-14 07:52:19 -0500
signed 2014-05-13 17:48:09 -0500
signed 2014-05-13 16:06:02 -0500
signed 2014-05-12 23:47:43 -0500
Property taxes are forcing the good people in my neighborhood, who only make an average wage and are satisfied to live in a small bungalow, to sell to those who can afford to pay a high price to tear it down and build a McMansion. It’s a crime. If someone wants to take advantage of the high prices being paid, that’s fine. A current resident should not be forced to sell because they cannot afford to pay $1000/month in taxes in addition to all the other fees imposed on a homeowner in Austin.
signed 2014-05-12 10:27:27 -0500
And why do the mega churches that have acres and acres not pay taxes? Just adding the churches to the tax rolls would alleviate much burden on the homeowners.
signed 2014-05-12 09:21:52 -0500
signed 2014-05-10 16:58:53 -0500
signed 2014-05-10 16:22:10 -0500
signed 2014-05-09 18:55:57 -0500
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