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dickpickdan t1_ixwu4fn wrote

I can't remember who (I think it is Dorsey) is pushing the city to go after religious orgs' tax exemptions on properties that aren't used for religious services. These houses likely fall into that category, while a 'prayer garden' would not...

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pk10534 t1_ixxll8v wrote

I mean they’re currently vacant and boarded up, I have a really hard time believing the assessor would be valuing them so significantly that the church would find it cheaper to tear them down to pay some measly property tax values in a hypothetical situation that hasn’t happened yet

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dickpickdan t1_ixze2xc wrote

Yeah you’re probably right. I hardly know enough about tax assessment here to know. tax exempt orgs sitting on vacants is a separate and remarkable problem, too.

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