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Council proposed extending tax exemption for longtime owner-occupants of Philadelphia residential properties.

Official:Amending Chapter 19-3900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Tax Exemptions for Longtime Owner-Occupants of Residential Properties," by extending the time for which such exemptions are available, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Johnson

Introduced: March 13, 2014

: Committee on Finance

housingresidential propertiestaxation

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill extends a tax exemption for longtime owner-occupants of residential properties in Philadelphia.

What This Bill Does

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The time for which tax exemptions are available for longtime owner-occupants of residential properties is extended from 10 years to more than 10 years.
The exemption is only available if the certified market value of the property increases by more than three times the previous year's value.
If the exemption is granted, the property's certified market value is deemed to be three times the previous year's value, and no additional homestead exclusion is allowed.
The deemed certified market value remains in effect until the property is sold, transferred, or the owner is no longer the principal resident, but in no event for more than a specified period (the exact duration is not specified in the provided text).