New task force to evaluate residential tax exemption January 7, 2025 The panel will also examine existing programs to see if there are other options to help seniors and lower-income residents.
The residential tax exemption’s worthy purpose December 6, 2024 Let’s give this experiment the three years it requires and learn if and how we all may benefit.
In support of the residential tax exemption November 29, 2024 For the most part, those paying a little more in taxes are not incurring hardships or threatened to live elsewhere.
Select Board should roll back ‘regressive’ residential tax exemption November 1, 2024 The RTE has real-world negative impacts on my family and many others.
Residential tax exemption harms Concord’s most vulnerable residents October 25, 2024 The RTE shifts tax burdens onto rental units which tend to be occupied by those with lower incomes.
Save smaller homes by maintaining Concord’s residential tax exemption October 25, 2024 If we end the residential tax exemption, more Concordians will have trouble paying the higher taxes.
Concord should discontinue residential tax exemption October 18, 2024 Increasing the commercial tax base, forcing trade-offs before funding new services, and prioritizing “needs” from “wants” is the hard work we continue to avoid.
Concordians weigh in on residential tax exemption October 1, 2024 The fate of a residential tax exemption intended to make Concord more affordable is in the hands of the Select Board.