Homestead Exemption
Dallas officials are entering budget season facing a difficult balancing act: maintaining property tax relief programs that have long been a priority of the Dallas City Council, while confronting slowing revenue growth and looming budget pressures. Staff is already having to recommend significant cuts, and sales tax projections aren’t looking good, leaving the city short…
Voters went to the polls on Tuesday in North Texas to weigh in on 17 amendments to the Texas Constitution and a smattering of local propositions and municipal races. There was also a special election for a state senate seat that’s now heading to a runoff. Nevertheless, we’re going to limit ourselves to the constitutional…
Seniors and those living with disabilities will be getting some property tax relief following a vote by the Dallas City Council on Wednesday. Starting in tax year 2025, council members approved increasing the existing property tax exemption from $153,400 to $175,000 for homeowners in the city limits who are either disabled or 65 years or…
CandysDirt.com told the heartbreaking story late last month of a Dallas couple struggling to get a senior homestead exemption despite clearly meeting the age requirement and having lived in the home in question for more than a decade. The problem, according to the Dallas Central Appraisal District, was that the home was recognized in their…
An 83-year-old retired Southern Methodist University golf coach and his 74-year-old interior designer wife clearly qualify for a senior homestead exemption due to their age, but property tax bills are due today, and no such exemption exists for Barry Rodenhaver and Cindy Zelazny-Rodenhaver. That’s because the Dallas Central Appraisal District is classifying the home in…
