• RagingRobot@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Are you talking about a homestead exemption? I think most places have something like that but it’s just a discount on the house you live in so not an increase on the other properties. They would just get normal tax rates for any additional properties. I think making it an exponential tax would make a huge difference.

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      6 days ago

      Yes homestead. I’m not sure how other states do it.

      Texas increased from ten thousand to twenty five thousand to forty thousand to a hundred thousand in a short period.

      So semantics. I say increase for other houses, you say discount for primary house. Either way you choose to phrase it, you pay less for your primary residence and more for other properties.