Slew of bills take aim at property taxes

Lazaro Aleman news@greenepublishing.com A slew of tax-relief measures have been filed in the Florida Legislature for the 2026 session, all of them aiming to reduce or eliminate property taxes. The measures run the gamut from wanting to eliminate property taxes in their entirety, to phasing them out over a 10-year period, to granting a $100,000 exemption to homeowners, to taxing only 25 percent of a house’s assessed value, to providing special exemptions for seniors, among other things. Al