As Burnaby heads into budget season, Tessy Chalissery asked councillors to cap the property tax at 2024 rates.
Burnaby resident Tessy Chalissery wants a cap on property taxes, as she says working people can’t afford to pay any increases as the cost of living continues to rise.
Chalissery said capping property taxes to the 2024 rate would allow homeowners to age in place, adding inflation is too high to tie taxes to, especially when that increase isn’t borne out in salaries.Coun. Sav Dhaliwal said the property tax pays for a variety of local services, including water, roads, police, fire, parks and recreation centres.
She said property taxes are also reflective of the home’s worth as determined by BC Assessment, so the tax reflects Chalissery’s $3.2-million, eight-bedroom, eight-bathroom house built in 2017. Chalissery said she’s renting part of her house for $1,500 but can’t increase the rent. She said if she could, she would put that toward the property tax.“When the taxes are going up… somebody has to say ‘OK, enough is enough.’”
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