Albemarle County Supervisors don’t back personal property tax raise

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A deadlocked Albemarle County Board of Supervisors isn’t likely to be moving forward with a proposed 15-cent raise in the personal property tax rate, more commonly known as the car tax.

During Wednesday night’s meeting and fourth final public hearing on the advertised rate and next fiscal year budget, supervisors were split 3-3 on the raise, which had been planned to support the county’s affordable housing investment fund.

Instead, supervisors will recommend an alternative source for the $2 million in funding it wants to direct toward AFI fund…

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