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The coronavirus pandemic should be teaching us many things about inappropriate government action. But it also should be teaching us about equally arbitrary and capricious government inaction, concludes a new analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy.
As the Pittsburgh think tank reminds, the Allegheny County Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review heard 7,941 appeals of assessed values in 2019. Most were for residential properties and most were brought by governing bodies, particularly school districts.
“There is an anticipation that there may be an uptick in appeals due to the economic effects of the coronavirus,” says Eric Montarti, research director at the Allegheny Institute. “It’s yet another reason to have predictable reassessment cycles.”