SAN ANTONIO – A legal fight over a special property tax break in Bexar County is raising questions about whether a loophole meant to encourage affordable housing is instead shifting the tax burden onto other residents.
Bexar County’s chief appraiser says misuse of the exemption places a greater burden on the tax-paying public. The tax break was designed in 1987 to increase affordable housing, but the chief appraiser says a loophole is allowing 27 large apartment complexes to avoid paying taxes…