NC House Property Tax Committee Recommends Levy Limit Constitutional Amendment
RALEIGH, N.C. — On Wednesday, the North Carolina House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform formally recommended a state constitutional amendment to place responsible limits on local property tax hikes.
The proposed amendment would require the General Assembly to enact property tax levy limits, preventing local governments from increasing property taxes beyond a certain threshold, likely tied to inflation and population growth. States with statutory or constitutional levy limits generally provide defined exceptions, such as for tax increases approved directly by voters.
If passed by the General Assembly this session, the amendment would be placed on the statewide November 3, 2026 ballot for voter approval.
According to analysis from the John Locke Foundation, 9 of North Carolina’s 10 most populous counties collected nearly $3 billion more in property taxes over the past decade than what inflation and population growth justify.
Recent statewide public polling shows overwhelming support for reform, with 76.8% of respondents saying property taxes are a burden on their household budget and 73.2% backing a constitutional amendment to limit local increases, consistent with the House’s proposal.
House Speaker Destin Hall said, “Property tax hikes are overburdening North Carolina families, who are footing the bill while some local governments take in far more than inflation and population growth can justify. I applaud the House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform for pursuing real reforms like the constitutional amendment on levy limits, which would ease this burden so North Carolinians can keep more of their hard-earned money.”
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Flat property tax based on lot size only.
Why do I have to pay a tax on something I already own? And do it again every year?
Well, that’s true. Technically, you shouldn’t but the state is gonna get its money no matter what people do. My issue is that they increase my tax rate saying my house is more valuable and not one person has ever come to look at it.
Here’s an idea… don’t tax private property AT ALL. Just let us pay usage fees for things we ACUTALLY USE.
No more property tax on your car…. if you drive on a state-owned road, you pay a flat usage fee per mile.
No more property tax on your home… if you want to opt-in to fire coverage, just pay the FD an annual fee.
Anything else is unAMERICAN.
No property tax on primary residence single family home (SFH). Tax the corporations and investors that are buying SFHs. Or at a minimum no property tax on houses that are paid for, let our retirees have a break!
If reevaluations ever occurred and properties were deemed less valuable would taxes go down?
Population growth shouldn’t change the taxes at all. More services needed, more people to pay for them. In fact, there should be an economy of scale, meaning LESS taxes per person in populous areas.
Agree with you, but the people who manage services do a very poor job.
There in, lies the problem. The collected tax from those new houses doesn’t even come close to the cost of the very things they need so every new home being built increases the tax burden on those houses already existing. That’s why there should be zero home developments in Johnston County.
How about stop building subdivisions in the middle of nowhere and only approve them if they are close enough to infrastructure like water and sewer to be net positive on property tax to the county. And stop adding property tax to house payments so that the sheep realize what they are paying for.
Mobile homes for years were taxed at NADA value, what happened ? 1 acre lots in Bentonville with NO SERVICES over $69,000, they were running about $3000 an acre 20 years back. VOTE THE THIEVES OUT
I’m tired of paying for services and amenities that popped out as a brain fart from elected idiots. I still say the tax office should be forced to write a check on demand equal to the accessed price if the property owner requests it. Only when their held financially responsible with things change.
And don’t give property tax exemptions to churches.
So when we go without rain for four or five weeks in the dead of summer at 95° and they call for water conservation measures And when Duke energy checks the rates up because they can’t produce enough energy for all these new homes and they begin rolling blackouts. And when the county wants to build five more schools , 5more police stations and five more fire departments; you can thank every single county commissioner every single city planner and every single town council member that approves these stupid massive subdivisions, thinking that more tax revenue is gonna pay for everything.