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41,000 Cuyahoga County homeowners are behind on paying property taxes as the second half comes due
Cleveland.com ^ | 7/12/2025 | By Kaitlin Durbin

Posted on 07/12/2025 8:14:13 AM PDT by EBH

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The second half of property taxes are coming due this week, but 7% of homeowners have yet to pay the first half, according to the county’s treasury.

Most of the county’s 564,000 property owners are up to date on their tax payments, according to county data provided to cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer through a records request. They’ve paid over $1.5 billion in property taxes, which provide revenue for local schools, cities, villages, townships, libraries and various county-level services.

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The higher delinquency came after the countywide property reappraisal, which increased home values an average of 32%, resulting in higher tax bills for many. But County Treasurer Brad Cromes doesn’t attribute delinquency solely to the new assessments.

He pointed to data showing that the overall percentage of late payments is unchanged from last year, when about 7% of homeowners also hadn’t paid the first half of their bill. The dollar amount for those delinquencies, however, is “significantly higher” because of the higher appraisals, he noted, jumping from $56 million last year to $76 million this year.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: cleveland; ohio; propertytax; taxbills; taxes; taxrevolt
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1 posted on 07/12/2025 8:14:13 AM PDT by EBH
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Property Taxes need to be totally eliminated. They are nothing more than Governmental Theft!!


2 posted on 07/12/2025 8:21:50 AM PDT by Howie66 (America First!!)
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So where will the money come from to pay for local services? The State? The Federal Government?


3 posted on 07/12/2025 8:23:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: EBH

🎶 I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone
There was no train station
There was no downtown
South Howard had disappeared
All my favorite places
My city had been pulled down
Reduced to parking spaces
Ay, oh, way to go, Ohio…🎶

—Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders


4 posted on 07/12/2025 8:23:36 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: EBH

More evidence that no one truly owns real estate.


5 posted on 07/12/2025 8:28:48 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the third world.)
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To: Howie66

Petition Title and Summary of Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Eliminate Property Taxes in Ohio Is Accepted

5/9/2025

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today accepted the petition title and summary of a proposed constitutional amendment, “Abolishment of Taxes on Real Property,” that seeks to add a Section 14 to Article XII of the Ohio Constitution


6 posted on 07/12/2025 8:29:12 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth Beauty and Goodness)
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To: dfwgator

For the most part, local taxes are far too high and not spent properly. Many of those “services” can be eliminated.


7 posted on 07/12/2025 8:29:35 AM PDT by Howie66 (America First!!)
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“Property Taxes need to be totally eliminated. They are nothing more than Governmental Theft!!”

In my area of Ohio at least, we vote on tax levies. Some proposed levies have failed to get enough votes to go into effect over the years.

You don’t like property taxes, so propose an alternative where the people still have a direct input.


8 posted on 07/12/2025 8:30:27 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: dfwgator

This has become a regular topic here on Free Republic.

People here do not like property taxes.

As you point out, if property taxes were abolished, where does money come from to pay for everything that government is doing? Realistically other types of taxes would have to be raised.

I sympathize with some people, especially older people, who may own a house that has skyrocketed in value. , so their taxes have been raised. But just because they own a house doesn’t necessarily mean they have a lot of money to pay their property tax.

And I certainly do not have the answers. But this subject does seem to get discussed a lot here.


9 posted on 07/12/2025 8:34:40 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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He pointed to data showing that the overall percentage of late payments is unchanged from last year, when about 7% of homeowners also hadn’t paid the first half of their bill. The dollar amount for those delinquencies, however, is “significantly higher” because of the higher appraisals, he noted, jumping from $56 million last year to $76 million this year.

Sounds to me like it’s time to cut government spending.

10 posted on 07/12/2025 8:36:08 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: EBH

I read where Trump wants to do away with Property Taxes


11 posted on 07/12/2025 8:37:09 AM PDT by Singermom
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To: Howie66

For the most part, local taxes are far too high and not spent properly


How many people bother to vote in Local elections?


12 posted on 07/12/2025 8:39:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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if property taxes were abolished, where does money come from to pay for everything that government is doing?

Maybe government could do less. Maybe rather than simply raising appraisals when they spend money they don’t have they could function within a budget like people do. Government is one of the few entities that never seems to cut back.

13 posted on 07/12/2025 8:41:13 AM PDT by johniegrad
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High Property Taxes and a Blue City .... hmmm.


14 posted on 07/12/2025 8:43:51 AM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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“So where will the money come from to pay for local services? The State? The Federal Government?”

Florida is running a surplus. DeSantis wants to use that surplus to ease property tax bills.


15 posted on 07/12/2025 8:46:43 AM PDT by TexasGator (.i.. logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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To: Howie66

“For the most part, local taxes are far too high and not spent properly. Many of those “services” can be eliminated.”

Which services?


16 posted on 07/12/2025 8:47:59 AM PDT by TexasGator (.i.. logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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To: EBH
Related...

Home Equity Theft Is Unconstitutional, but These 5 States Have Work-Arounds Homeowners Should Know About

NYS is one of them.

17 posted on 07/12/2025 8:48:07 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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The county needs to tighten it’s belt just like it’s tax payers are doing.

Deport 13,000+ illegals.

Back in my day, we had 40 students in each classroom. They have 16 and learn less. Dump the woke classes and woke teachers and stick to the 3Rs.

Downsize the city and county government. Keep the LE and make sure the criminals stay in jail. Have the inmates clean the government buildings and maintain the parks and roadways just like in the past.

Roll back the property taxes to 2015 and deal with that budget for 5 years. Kick any government union out.


18 posted on 07/12/2025 8:51:19 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“I sympathize with some people, especially older people, who may own a house that has skyrocketed in value. , so their taxes have been raised. But just because they own a house doesn’t necessarily mean they have a lot of money to pay their property tax.”

Low income home owners in Florida can defer taxes till the home is sold.


19 posted on 07/12/2025 8:51:42 AM PDT by TexasGator (.i.. logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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Here’s how it works in my town. A multi million dollar school bond is proposed (it’s for the children ya know) It is placed on a ballot that only contains that measure. Offer no mailer or public notice of the measure, so most citizens are unaware of it except for school employees and their families who then vote ‘yes’. Bond passes. Homes get immediately re-appraised at a higher value. Rinse and repeat every few years.


20 posted on 07/12/2025 9:02:58 AM PDT by Right Brother (I don't really care Margaret.)
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