US EditionA 50% Property Tax Hike Proposal Is Tearing This Massachusetts Town Apart
The ballot measures would raise $9 million to $11 million and could push average property taxes up about 50%, officials said.
- On Tuesday, South Hadley residents voted on two property tax override questions—$9 million over four years and $11 million over five years—to address a $3.5 million budget deficit.
- Rising health-care costs—up 42 percent—and expiration of federal pandemic-era aid triggered the town's fiscal shortfall, forcing officials to seek revenue above Massachusetts' 2.5 percent annual tax cap.
- The average single-family home valued at $417,000 would face a $1,443 tax increase under the $9 million option or $1,764 under the $11 million option, representing roughly a 50 percent increase over five years.
- Police warned against the theft of campaign signs amid what some outlets called a local "war" among residents, while opponents argued South Hadley should cut high salaries instead of raising taxes.
- Chris Morrill, chief executive of the Government Finance Officers Association, called South Hadley a "canary in the coal mine" for U.S. communities facing similar municipal fiscal pressures from health-care costs and shrinking state aid.
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