Homeowner Challenges Increase in Home’s Taxable Value Tied to New Roof

A Sarasota, Fla. retiree, Joseph McCarthy, says the 12% increase in his home’s value as determined by the local property appraiser’s office after having his roof replaced told a reporter at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune he felt “cheated” out of protections in Florida’s ‘Save Our Homes’ law. The law, passed in 1992 by a voter referendum…

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