HB1648

We need property tax relief.

This is a great idea to give tax relief to those who are struggling to get by.

I believe this would give much needed tax relief to NH residents, especially seniors.

This makes our property tax system fairer.

Older citizens often have lower income, too low to pay the property taxes and are at risk of losing their homes. This is shameful. I support the bill that would let those who have more expensive houses or live out-of-state most of the time pay the greater amount of taxes. Thank you.

This would start to provide some relief to home owners without sacrificing tax revenue for our schools.

Please pass this bill, HB 1648

This will make New Hampshire more affordable by giving homeowners with modest homes a break on property taxes. I'm proud to support it.

Our home was originally purchased for less than 150,000 almost 30 years ago. We are now on fixed incomes and the value of the home has more than doubled. We are very much in danger of being simply taxed out of our home and forced to pay extremely high rents which we simply can't afford. Long-time home owners of modest dwellings need real tax relief to avoid falling into a trap of perpetual poverty.

I don't believe that landowners should have to pay exorbitant property tax to cover our state's income needs. Young families, or landowners are who aging and have limited incomes, might have a hard time meeting these taxes. It makes sense that landowners with smaller pieces shouldn't have to pay heavy property taxes, if any at all. Thank you very much. Please keep it fair for lower income people who may have land that has been in their families for awhile. Please support this bill.

As a retired resident on a fixed income I find that it is impossible to pay the increasing property taxes on my childhood home where I live. The system does nothing to help save our farmers and families. Please some form of property tax relief is essential

only fair

This is a far, far fairer way to handle property taxes! I fully support this bill and would love to see it become law.

New Hampshire needs property tax relief.

This bill is absolutely critical to solving an affordability crisis in New Hampshire. I’m a big proponent of School funding and I make a decent living but when I bought my house for $330,000 I did not expect it to be valued at near $750,000 and to be taxed on that! This model has become unsustainable and you have people leaving for more tax, friendly areas. There is no reason. Why somebody with a $200,000 home should be holding up the weight of funding when someone with a $1 million home would barely feel the impact. Stop protecting millionaires and billionaires, and start working for the people who work and live in this state, because in the end that is who keeps this economy running who keeps the state great.

I have been told by the City's tax clerk that the current method being used to calculate property taxes is based solely on the average price of home sales x the current $1,000 per thousand rate. That does not accommodate any potential tax abatement/relief for those of us who live in an HOA location that does not receive any 03301 services because the developer built the neighborhood with a private access road. This proposed method of property tax calculation will address the much needed tax relief for many residents, while shifting the financial weight onto those who are in a better position to handle it. As important: the school funding will not be affected by this new method.

This bill isn’t the perfect solution, but it’s a good conversation starter on reducing property taxes for the average NH homeowner.

Property taxes are ridiculously high and need to be rethought. We should not be paying yearly taxes on something people own outright.

As a member of the Kensington School Board and someone who attends many of our Select Board meetings too, I know many are struggling with increasing property tax bills. I hear from home owners who are retired/living on a fixed income and young families who have purchased starter homes working hard to make ends meet.. We need to make NH housing more affordable to attract current and future workforce. We also need to honor our retirees, especially those who have lived and worked in NH for decades. I fully support this bill and hope you will think of these people when you make your decision. Thank you.

This is much needed for NH where property taxes are TOO HIGH!

This would go a long way to protecting our citizens from the impact of unaffordable housing on our education funding.

I support this bill. I think it’s a good way to level out. The impact of school funding on homeowners and to do it sort of fairly and 300 K is a good exemption small houses modest homes fall in that category and houses that are two or three times that much would be paying more in real estate taxes, but that seems fair.