A Pinellas County Commissioner says if Florida’s property tax referendum passes in November, it could mean fewer working families will be able to afford to move to the area.
Commissioner Kathleen Peters claims passage of the referendum won’t lower housing prices. Instead, it would effectively raise other fees for services that working families are more likely to use than seniors.
And she said new families won’t be able to afford to buy homes here, while retirees can sell their homes in higher-priced states and move to Florida.
“What I see is who’s going to come to Florida as a result of this policy? And it’s not going to be the young families, because they still can’t afford to buy the houses, at least in my county,” she said during a joint meeting of three county commissions last Friday…