John Hammond: Annapolis must give its citizens relief on property taxes

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John Hammond: Annapolis must give its citizens relief on property taxes

Over the past 50 years, property assessments in the City of Annapolis have increased considerably under the state’s triennial assessment system. In the mid-1980s, the State of Maryland recognized the plight of homeowners who were facing annual double-digit property tax assessment increases and adopted legislation, known as the Homestead Property Tax Credit, which mandated a cap on the annual growth of property assessments for owner-occupied home…