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Guilty-Owl-8041 t1_j0jam0u wrote

…what they don’t account for…reassessment taxes 🫣

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talldean t1_j0jl1le wrote

Or repair debt on the houses.

If you need a new roof, repointing, a furnace, have knob and tube electrical, and the sewage line is coming up on it's 100 year lifespan, that's a loooot different than a house that didn't rely on boomers to keep it up to date.

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dehehn t1_j0m1mf9 wrote

That's everywhere though.

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talldean t1_j0m3zus wrote

I mean, most of the western US was built after 1960. It's not everywhere, and it's pretty bad in our pocket of Appalachia.

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dehehn t1_j0maxtb wrote

Ok sure. There's a lot of newer homes out west. And modern infrastructure in newer suburbs. But most big cities on the east coast are built on old infrastructure.

But I mostly meant you're going to need repairs everywhere. Even a house built in 1960 is going to be showing its age. Pittsburgh isn't unique when it comes to housing repair needs.

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Knightro2011 t1_j0l9dn1 wrote

Luckily, the CLR for 2023 is getting a huge drop and the CLR for the last 2-3 years is in court and looks to be swinging towards the people and not the school districts.

What I don’t understand is why the county is woefully behind on actually reassessing homes. Coming from FL, my home there was reassessed every year.

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Guilty-Owl-8041 t1_j0lltxw wrote

Yes! I actually am in talks with a lawyer now and planning our appeal in 2023, hope the court rules to drop the CLR for the past 2-3 years 🤞. The process is so convoluted. Almost forces you to pay for representation.

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tesla3by3 t1_j0lrdp5 wrote

The reason the county is not reassessing is 100% politics. A reassessment would result in a significant number of people (voters) having their taxes increased. Even if they coupled it with a decrease in millage so there wouldn't be an overall l revenue windfall to the County/School, there would be winners and losers.

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chrisms150 t1_j0n82rw wrote

Yep, it's bullshit. Just because you paid $5 and a pack of chewing gum for your house in 1950 doesn't mean it's worth that today. Property tax should be on the current value. Otherwise you discourage new people moving in significantly.

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pAul2437 t1_j0lf2qb wrote

District still needs the money though

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