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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Council President Kate Stewart <Councilmember.Stewart@public.govdelivery.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 11, 2025 2:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> yasmin81065@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Committee Introduces Bill to Increase Eligibility for Homeowners Property Tax Credit<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><a name="gd_top"></a></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr></table><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0' id=flexible-abe-main-table><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in'></td><td style='padding:15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id=abe-column-block-6666f94f-a682-47f5-8cf9-cb3e3f59de04><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 2.25pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img width=600 height=107 style='width:6.25in;height:1.1166in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. 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align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Committee Introduces Bill to Increase Eligibility for Homeowners Property Tax Credit</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h1></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0'><tr id=abe-section-row-46e3a063-4c95-4590-b293-4f3a620a26db><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id=abe-column-block-03f94fbd-bb5d-48be-a543-7511f12ec395><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0'><tr id=abe-section-row-0b3d9f3d-3692-4390-a895-0fea49ab9c66><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id=abe-column-block-bfd7cae9-2a49-4e0b-86d7-8d5f4473ce03><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 2.25pt 0in'><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span class=normaltextrun><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>The program allows credits to eligible homeowners’ property tax bills</span></i></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0'><tr id=abe-section-row-e64ada8a-4450-4cea-8d6d-62ec3e053373><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id=abe-column-block-9416a96b-4948-40d5-b8c2-ca3c73c9e72d><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 11, 2025—</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations (GO) Committee introduced legislation today that would expand eligibility for the County’s Supplement to the Homeowners Property Tax Credit (HOTC). <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The HOTC is a progressive tax credit administered by the State of Maryland’s Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) where lower income households receive a larger credit on their property taxes, so relief is targeted to residents on limited incomes who need it the most. The County provides a Supplement to the State credit using the same eligibility criteria as the State. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Bill 3-25, Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit – County Supplement – Amendments, would increase the combined income eligibility level for the County Supplement from $60,000 to $75,000, and it would increase the net worth criteria from $200,000 to $250,000. According to state law, the County may vary the income and net worth criteria for the County’s Supplement. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“The Homeowners Tax Credit increases stability for our residents, especially seniors on fixed incomes and those who are the most burdened by increasing assessments by helping them stay in their homes,” said Council President Kate Stewart, who chairs the GO Committee. “I appreciate the collaborative work of my colleagues to find an equitable path forward to provide a targeted solution.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“As property assessments continue to rise across Montgomery County, more homeowners, especially those on fixed or limited incomes, are becoming cost-burdened and in need of relief,” said Councilmember Andrew Friedson. “That’s why I have consistently pushed back against property tax increases amid rising assessments and why I’ve been working on targeted tax relief to help older adults in our community age in place.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“I’m happy to work alongside my Government Operations Committee colleagues in continuing the work to provide eligible residents a needed property tax credit that would help them to remain in their homes,” Councilmember Sidney Katz said. “This legislation puts them in a better position to have that option available to them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The County supplement to the HOTC currently applies to $300,000 of a home’s assessed value and allows credits against a homeowners’ property tax bill based on the income level of the homeowner. The bill would increase from $300,000 to $375,000 the assessed value upon which the credit could apply. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Under Bill 3-25, the credit amounts would increase from existing amounts and would continue to vary based on the homeowner’s income level. 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