Quote Originally Posted by Gistok View Post
I've lived in my house in St. Clair Shores since 1990. One of the nice things about the 1994 passed Headley Amendment to the Michigan constitution was the reduction of the property taxes, and increase of the sales tax [[only non food, non medicine) from 4% to 6%. Locked into this amendment was that annual property taxes could only increase by the home value increase, or 5%... whichever is lower.

The drawback [[or in my case good fortune) about this taxation level is that people who stay put and don't move keep lower taxes. It's those folks who move around within the state that pay a significant increase in taxes. For example, I pay about $2000 in annual property taxes. If my neighbor [[similar home value) were to sell his house, the new owner would probably pay closer to $3000 annually.
I will be honest here. In fairness this shit is and was designed to be complicated.

The Headlee Amendment is not 1994 Proposal A. They are different legislative acts from completely different decades.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/what_i...ct_local_taxes