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What is your position on homestead exemptions?

City of Austin : City Council, District 1

Homestead exemptions are important tools to help lower tax costs and cap the amount of which taxes will increase in …

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Vincent Harding

Homestead exemptions are a nuanced issue. I’m in favor of property tax relief for low income, elderly and differently abled …

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Natasha Harper-Madison

Homeowners across Austin and in District 1 are seriously worried and cost-burdened by increasing property taxes in rapidly appreciating neighborhoods. …

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Mariana Salazar

As I property owner homestead exemptions are great for me but I recognize that those taxes would be shifted from …

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Reedy Macque Spigner III

City of Austin : City Council, District 5

Because many Austinites on fixed incomes are caught in increasingly expensive homes, I support the homestead exemption as one of …

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Ann Kitchen

City of Austin : City Council, District 8

One of the biggest issues in District 8 this last year was the 100% increase across most of the area …

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Rich DePalma

Right now in Southwest Austin, homestead exemptions are helping homeowners offset the cost of rising property taxes. Until lawmakers at …

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Paige Ellis

The percentage-based homestead exemption (%HEx) disproportionately impacts lower-income families. In 2015, when the first %Hex was introduced, we found that, …

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Bobby Levinski

City of Austin : Mayor

I support them because they are progressive. I would prefer a set amount (like the senior and disabled exemption) instead …

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John Doe

I support them because they are progressive. I would prefer a set amount (like the senior and disabled exemption) instead …

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Steve Adler

I am concerned about the way the city currently applies homestead exemptions due to its inequitable impact. Because the exemption …

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Laura Morrison