Property Taxes

Because both referendums address public schools, voters may feel like they have to choose between the two taxes.

This year, affordable housing efforts will get only $2 million, with the remainder being reallocated towards reduced property taxes, sidewalk repairs, and other investments.

County leaders are refusing to place the school district's property tax question on the November ballot even after a judge's ruling telling them to comply. The district says it will fight back.

The referendum would have asked county voters to levy an additional one mill on property taxes to increase pay for teachers and school staffers.

School advocates are hopeful a property tax referendum will pass after a similar proposal failed in 2022. But some officials point out that having two tax measures on the ballot are asking voters for too much.

They include the abortion and recreational marijuana initiatives the Florida Supreme Court signed off on, along with partisan school board elections.

The one millage property tax would cost the average homeowner about $1 a day, and close a wage gap that Superintendent Van Ayres said is causing employees to leave the district.

A House committee has approved a bill that would order a study to determine how much money would have to be made up if property taxes are abolished.

Last school year, the county received $60 million in local property tax revenue. About 80% of that went toward increasing teacher pay.

The Hillsborough County School Board delayed a vote on a tax referendum that would raise money for teacher salaries.

One million Florida properties are projected to be underwater. Today, those properties fund nearly 30% of local revenues for more than half the state's municipalities.

After previously voting down a property tax rate increase, city council members discussed Tuesday how to continue funding crucial city services through spending cuts and budget reallocations.