I'm not sure that 6% is minimal impact, but I agree that property taxes are too high. The millages are designed to get money from people who own $50,000 houses, but people -- like myself -- with $150,000 houses are getting robbed from.
Part of the problem is the cap on tax increases from year to year. This has created a situation where people who have lived in houses for 30 years are paying $900 a year, but a new homeowner is paying $5500. This creates a disincentive to new homeowners [[unless they move into a cookie-cutter tax-abated development). It also makes it so that long-time residents can scarcely afford to move across the street!
Tax reform should be #1 on the new mayor's priority list.
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