Monday, April 2, 2012
Life gets busy. Deadlines creep up on us all. Patch helps you to remember—before it's too late.
Welcome to Last Chance, a Patch series reminding you of deadlines you don't want to miss. This week's dates to remember? 1.) Today is the last day for property owners in Allegheny County to file formal appeals of their 2013 court-ordered reassessments. Forms must be postmarked on or before today. They also may be taken to one of several collection points today. “I encourage all property owners to file a formal appeal by Monday’s deadline to preserve their legal rights,” County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said in a statement. “In fact, I am filing an appeal on my own property because I do not agree with its 2013 court-ordered reassessment value," he said. "Appeals may always be withdrawn, but once Monday’s deadline passes, property owners …
Monday, March 12, 2012
Learn why Allegheny County properties were reassessed, how they were reassessed and what you need to know to file an appeal.
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald estimated 500 residents attended Thursday night's town hall meeting on the new assessments. Fitzgerald and Allegheny County Councilman Vince Gastgeb organized the informational meeting at Bethel Park High School for South Hills residents confused about the county's reassessments. Many people in attendance said they were angry and wanted answers. An Upper St. Clair single mother told Fitzgerald and the crowd that her assessment increased by 60 percent and she was no longer going to be able to afford her house. Another Upper St. Clair resident expressed his disgust that, in his research, he found many high-end homes in the township were under assessed and many lower-end homes were over assessed. …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The question of property assessments came up at Monday's Dormont Council meeting. Patch Local Editor Mike Jones shares his experience challenging his property assessment.
At Monday's Dormont Council meeting, council President Bill McCartney said several residents asked him what could be done about Allegheny County property reassessments. The good news is that individuals can challenge their assessments—the bad news, he said, is that there is very little the borough can do to change the situation. Dormont's average property reassessment rates were up 52 percent, he said, while Mt. Lebanon's were up only about 32 percent. McCartney said he and Dormont Mayor Tom Lloyd met with state Rep. Matt Smith, who represents Mt. Lebanon, about the issue. The recommendation from McCartney and Lloyd is that residents continue to write, email and call their state representatives, as well as state Sen. Wayne Fontana, to …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Notices will arrive by mail, but the numbers are online now.
Property owners in Dormont Borough will receive word of their new Allegheny County-assessed property values by mail soon. But for those who don't want to wait, the numbers can be viewed online right away. Here is that resource: http://www2.alleghenycounty.us/reval/. So, what do the new numbers mean for you? For 2012 taxes: nothing. But the new values will be used in 2013 to determine the cost of your property taxes. In the meantime, property owners in Dormont can appeal their new assessments. Informal challenges will be accepted until March 7, 2012, and April 2, 2012, is the cutoff for formal appeals. An informal review/challenge is a one-on-one meeting between a property owner and a representative of the county Office of Property …
MSgt. John DeLallo
11:47 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
I should clarify--you must REQUEST your hearing not later than end of business day on the 7th. I've heard some of these hearings are out into May already. I go to see the panel on the 7th myself, and I sure as heck want them to explain to me how my little patch of grass and modest home was jacked up 66%! more ›