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Is It Time to Abolish Property Tax Deferrals?
Are property tax deferral programs really helping struggling seniors, or are they subsidizing wealthy homeowners at everyone else's expense?
In this episode of DemograFix, Cara Stern and Mike Moffatt unpack the hidden costs of senior property tax deferrals and why these well-intentioned programs may be making housing affordability worse for younger generations.
They explore how property tax breaks can become low-interest loans for multimillion-dollar homeowners, why some of the seniors most vulnerable to poverty don't qualify for these benefits, and how taxpayers end up footing the bill…
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