Sugar Land homeowners could pay about $96 more a year in city property taxes under a proposed tax rate increase that drew sustained opposition from residents who said the city should tighten its budget as families face rising costs of their own.
FORT BEND COUNTY TAXES: Fort Bend approves tax-rate reduction, trading $6.6M in revenue to save homeowners $15
The city is proposing a property tax rate of $0.38 per $100 of taxable value for the 2026 tax year, about 6.2% higher than last year’s rate of $0.358. For a home with the city’s median taxable value of $369,495, the proposed rate would increase the city tax bill by about $96 a year, or just under $8 a month, according to city budget documents…