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Pennsport: Neighbors React to Actual Value Initiative

January 23, 2014  0

With the reassessment of property values due to the Actual Value Initiative, some lifelong residents are seeing their property taxes go up. Several assessments have tripled the property value, and some residents are worried they [Read More]

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Pennsport: AVI Assessments Take a Toll on Homeowners

January 23, 2014  1

With the Actual Value Initiative (AVI) raising property taxes throughout the city, many Philadelphia homeowners are wondering exactly why and how this is happening. The main goal of AVI was supposed to be a reassessment [Read More]

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Axis Philly: University City Landlord Endorses Gradual Tax Increases

April 26, 2013  0

One possibility that City Council is considering is the gradual application of the property tax reassessments throughout the course of three years. A bill proposed by Councilman Mark Squilla of the 1st District would do [Read More]

Economy

Axis Philly: Candidates for City Controller Talked About AVI

April 10, 2013  0

The primary election for the city’s chief financial auditor is May 21. There are two candidates on the forefront of AVI. Incumbent Alan Butkowtiz said his office believes that there are more errors with property [Read More]

University City

Axis Philly: University City Homeowners Reflect on Politics of Relief Measures

April 9, 2013  1

Residents of University City discuss their projected tax increases and how it will affect their political positions. [Read More]

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Axis Philly: Residents of Saint Albans Street Express Concerns About Real Estate Valuations

March 27, 2013  0

Residents throughout Graduate Hospital have expressed concern about the lack of fairness and accuracy in property value reassessments under AVI, regardless of how long they have resided in the neighborhood. “I was born and raised [Read More]

Social Issues

Axis Philly: AVI Impact Uncertain, but Likely Minimal, on University City District

March 22, 2013  0

University City is projected to see some of the most dramatic property tax increases in the city under Actual Value Initiative. For the University City District, it isn’t exactly clear what the overall effects of [Read More]

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Axis Philly: Property Taxes are Frozen Only for Seniors

March 5, 2013  1

In order to protect low-income senior citizens from increases in their property value and the tax rate, the city provides an application to freeze property tax at its current level. But not all citizens who [Read More]

Property

Axis Philly: Are Tax Exemptions and Abatements Beneficial?

February 28, 2013  0

https://vimeo.com/60753734] Many people are concerned about the re-evaluation of all 579,000 properties in Philadelphia, including those that are tax exempt, with some questioning whether the benefits of nonprofit tax exemptions and residential tax abatements outweigh [Read More]

Housing

Axis Philly: Penn Student Says AVI May Affect Housing Choices

February 24, 2013  0

When Charles Burke, a junior architecture major at Penn University, first heard about the Actual Value Initiative – the reassessment of every property in the city of Philadelphia done with the intention of rooting the [Read More]

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