Source: Visit websiteFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis is doubling down on his push to eliminate property taxes in the state, raising questions about how key services would be funded if the effort is successful.
At a press conference on Monday, DeSantis reiterated his support for measures to limit or ban the collection of property taxes at the local level in Florida, which bring in more than $40 billion for the state each year.
⁘Just for being on your property, you've got to write a check to the government every year, so you're basically paying rent to the government to live on your own property,⁘ he said. ⁘We're going to be really looking at ways to bring people relief from that, because I think it's been really something that's pinching a lot of homeowners, particularly seniors on fixed income.⁘
The proposal is a bold one. Currently, every state in the nation has taxes on real estate , which are typically governed by state law but set and collected at the local level.
In Florida and elsewhere, property taxes fund schools, infrastructure, and emergency services—the kinds of local government services that tend to boost home values significantly when they are functioning properly.
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