property taxes
City Picking Up the Pace on Tax Collection
For the first time since Mayor Nutter took office, the City of Philadelphia made significant, measurable progress over the past 18 months in its long-running […]
The Top 5 Things Smart Philly Residents Care About [UPDATED]
UPDATE: The below has been clarified to reflect the fact that PlanPhilly was concerned only with issues around the built and natural environments, as they […]
Morning Headlines: Daily News Trumpets Mini AVI Results
Philly.com has a story today that offers mixed messages about the results of the Actual Value Initiative, the property tax program that was put into […]
Morning Headlines: City Is Giving a Pass to Its Worst Tax Deadbeat
When you think of people who owe property taxes, you imagine an out-of-town landlord who doesn’t care that his blighted building is falling apart. You […]
Morning Headlines: City Tries to Shut Down Kensington Chocolate Factory
Look at the recent posts on their Facebook page and you’ll find nothing but support for Blasius Chocolate Factory. That’s because city officials showed up […]
You Can Now Own a Chunk of the City’s Website, Basically
Chris Sawyer over at philadelinquency has performed another of his data dumps (in a good way) this year by releasing three files that you can […]
Mayor Nutter Announces LOOP-y Property Tax Relief Program
The city’s new tax relief program, PHL Tax LOOP, is part snappy acronym; LOOP stands for Longtime Owner Occupants Program (oh, to have been a […]
Allan Domb: Property Taxes Are Extremely Collectable. So Let’s Get It Done.
Property manager/owner/developer Allan Domb, who is also the president of the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors (GPAR), has become passionate about property tax collection. Last […]
Morning Headlines: Philadelphia Encouraged to Meet Camden’s Standards With New Property Tax System
City Council approved a bill yesterday that would allow the city to hire private agencies to collect on past-due property taxes. If it seems like […]
Morning Headlines: New York Times Covers Philadelphia’s Land Bank Battle
Could the vast number of empty properties plaguing Philly neighborhoods be the push needed to create a land bank? The New York Times reports on Philadelphia’s […]
Wilson Goode Jr. Gets Radical About Property Taxes
A tax abatement — an exemption from paying taxes on a property for a given number of years — seems like a pretty terrific perk. […]
Homeowners! Friday the 13th Approaches, and It May Be Your Lucky Day
Warning: What you are about to see is real. FRIDAY IS THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION APPLICATION. If you don’t know what we’re […]
City Will Host Two Telephone Town Halls to Answer Questions About AVI
Should residents still have questions about the changes to their property taxes, the City will try to clarify matters during the course of two Telephone […]
Good News Alert: Philadelphia Rate of Property Tax Delinquency Is Down
True, the numbers are still execrable: As of April 2013, the city is owed $522 million in delinquent property taxes–which far exceeds the $50 million price […]
Alan Butkovitz Wins Primary, It’s Now Time for Him to Act Like a Grownup
The choices, realistically, were current City Controller Alan Butkovitz and challenger Brett Mandel. They had significant differences of opinion about many things, but they both […]