BPI looks at 3 changes the Council could make to the tax shift HRP - the body's last chance to have a substantive impact on Boston's budget until the FY26 budget process starts in April
Boston is spending $171 million to transport 22,000 students. That is $7,700 per student. I do not know how the legislature can take any proposal seriously when the Mayor’s office shows no sense of fiscal responsibility.
Thank you for the comment! The City's elected leadership is confronting the fact that because of declining commercial real estate values, homeowners are going to shoulder a larger and larger share of Boston's property tax. As we're seeing from this week's debates at the Council, the City's elected leaders feels very differently about the property taxes paid by homeowners vs the property taxes paid by office tower owners.
Boston is spending $171 million to transport 22,000 students. That is $7,700 per student. I do not know how the legislature can take any proposal seriously when the Mayor’s office shows no sense of fiscal responsibility.
Thank you for the comment! The City's elected leadership is confronting the fact that because of declining commercial real estate values, homeowners are going to shoulder a larger and larger share of Boston's property tax. As we're seeing from this week's debates at the Council, the City's elected leaders feels very differently about the property taxes paid by homeowners vs the property taxes paid by office tower owners.