Some Vermont Towns Looking at Hits to Grand List After Learning Health Centers Are Property Tax Exempt

Vermont Senate advances property tax bill with a 3.8% average increase

Sen. Ann Cummings, D-Washington, at her desk on the Senate floor at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, April 23, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Senate and House lawmakers are bound for a showdown over how much surplus revenue to use to buy down property taxes in the upcoming year, and how much to set aside for the future.  Senators backed a proposal Wednesday to use $100.9 million this year to bring down projected tax increases in …

Some Vermont towns looking at hits to grand list after learning health centers are property tax exempt

CASTLETON — At least a few area towns are looking at big hits to their grand lists after finding out the federally qualified health centers they’ve hosted for years don’t