AGENCY TESTIMONY
Recent improvements to property tax enforcement
0:10:53
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HPD worked with the council and partner agencies to improve the city's property tax enforcement, balancing the need for tax collection with property owners' challenges.
- New noticing touchpoints were created
- Funding was provided for intensive personalized outreach to delinquent owners
- These improvements cover future tax lien sales
Kim Darga
0:10:53
We were proud to work alongside both the council and our partners at DoF AndDP earlier this year to improve the city's property tax enforcement to ensure there is a balance between the city's need to effectively encourage prop payment of property taxes, which supports all of the great work we do as a city, and the challenges faced by property owners paying those bills.
0:11:17
Among the improvements we made to cover future tax lane sales, we're creating new noticing touch paints and providing funding for intensive personalized outreach to delinquent owners to help get them back on track with their payments.
0:11:33
As we move forward with this improved tax collection strategy, we should, as we have in the past, recognize that there are some properties that need an alternative approach to enforcement through the sale of the tax liens.
