With property values soaring for some homeowners, pressure has grown for consideration of a “residential tax exemption” that would benefit full-time locals at the expense of seasonal residents.
A growing number of Stockbridge residents fear a dramatic, double-digit rise in their property taxes. That s led 136 full-time homeowners to petition the Select Board to reopen a financial discussion
Select Board Chairman Patrick White, a leading advocate of the state’s residential tax exemption option, acknowledged that "the conversation is done.” But other existing tax-deferral and discount programs will be
Since 1979, the state has offered a program to ease the tax burden for legal residents. So, why have only 16 out of 351 Massachusetts cities and towns signed up?