Arizona seniors decry unfair nature of property tax levies
By Terrance Thornton | Paradise Valley Independent
Phoenix-area residents are banding together to gather signatures in an effort to place a citizen-driven initiative on the November 2020 ballot seeking relief of property taxes levied against homeowners over 65 years of age.
Proponents of the effort say seniors throughout Maricopa County — and Arizona — are losing homes and being forced to downsize away from familiar neighborhoods and some find themselves in dire straits.
Phoenix resident Lynne Weaver, chairperson of Proposition 13 Arizona, says property taxes levied by various taxing districts throughout the county — unified school districts, municipalities and fire districts, for example — are having detrimental effects on local seniors.
