TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A brand new report from Redfin reveals extra potential homebuyers are backing off because of rising prices and rising financial uncertainty. The Governor needs to assist deliver monetary reduction by eliminating or lowering property taxes, however state lawmakers and native leaders do not agree with a few of his proposals.
Home members met for the 2nd time on the capitol after chatting with native leaders again of their house districts about property taxes. Lawmakers even invited Gov. Ron DeSantis himself to hitch in on the dialog at their subsequent committee assembly. Nonetheless, the Governor does not appear up for that decision.
“No, I am not going to go sit in entrance of the committee. That is not the function of the chief government,” mentioned DeSantis.
Because the Governor makes his method by the state calling on lawmakers to think about his property tax pitch, Home members despatched a letter to DeSantis inviting him to take the ground and current his concepts, not simply to constituents, however to the legislature.
“We dropped off a letter to him, and hopefully we’ll have the governor right here to current his proposals to our property tax committee,” mentioned State Consultant Toby Overdorf, (R-Palm Metropolis).
The Governor publicly declined, saying he has been speaking about property taxes advert nauseam.
“I’ve talked about getting reduction now, I’ve made collection of proposals. We additionally wish to get one thing on the poll. It does not take a committee listening to to try this, it simply requires management,” mentioned DeSantis.
Desantis’ pitch dives into two choices:
1.) Goals to supply fast reduction: a rebate plan the place owners would get $1,000 checks
2.) An entire elimination of property taxes: which must be positioned on the 2026 poll for voters to resolve.
The Governor might have members of the Senate on his facet, however Home Speaker Danny Perez, (R-Miami), turned down his one-time rebate proposal.
“The one choice I’ve dominated out is solely mailing $1,000 checks from the state treasury. These checks don’t really decrease tax charges. These checks don’t remedy the property tax drawback. They’re simply state taxpayers apologizing for native authorities spending, which is the sort of irresponsible concept I affiliate with California policymakers,” mentioned Perez.
Again within the districts, some members say their native governments are involved about dropping tax income.
“No one has defined how we’d make up the funds to cowl the companies that might be misplaced by these tax cuts,” mentioned State Consultant Fentrice Driskell, (D-Tampa).
The disagreement on tax reduction has led to a stalemate in funds negotiations. Thursday management within the Home and Senate mentioned they do not plan on returning to Tallahassee subsequent week, which solely delays these conversations even additional.
