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In
a statement earlier today, Steve Goss, candidate for the 45th District
NC Senate seat, announced his first initiative for consideration
when he is elected to office. “As North Carolinians,
most of us are acutely aware of the unabated rise in property values,”
he stated. Goss went on to say, “Far too many citizens
are being squeezed from every direction; they are forced to bear
the burden of the higher property taxes that come relative to the
rise in the value of their homes.” With no substantial
increase in real wages, individuals and families are being asked
to pay a disproportionate amount of the property tax burden as a
result of the value of their primary residence. A large percentage
of these homeowners do not want to sell their homes. They simply
do not want to be priced out of the “roof over our heads,”
as one homeowner stated.
The time has come in North Carolina for the State Legislature to
address this pressing issue. Senator David G. Clodfelter,
from Charlotte, introduced a bill last year to help alleviate some
of the burden. Goss avowed, “When elected I will
seek to build on the bill offered by Sen. Clodfelter of Mecklenburg
County with the confirmed personal commitment to broaden the bill’s
coverage so it will apply to people of all ages who live within
certain economic parameters. Our NC residents need relief from the
undue burden being placed on them—particularly those on fixed
incomes, and they need it sooner rather than later.”
"Georgia, Michigan, Ohio and several other states have working
models already in place. However, in North Carolina, we want
to give primary residence owners a significantly larger break."
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