Why Should Delaware Care?The first comprehensive property reassessment in decades reset how Delaware’s tax burden is divided among property owners. While many expected that it would bring new relief to some of the state’s lowest income residents, it has actually raised their tax burdens. A new complaint seeks to rectify the property assessments that underpin those tax bills.
A city councilwoman who represents one of the most economically disadvantaged areas of Wilmington has filed a complaint with New Castle County, challenging the property valuations reached during the recent reassessments and seeking actions to rectify documented inequalities.
Christian Willauer, who represents the city’s Hilltop communities that were disproportionately impacted by rising property assessments, is eyeing a novel legislative strategy to force the county to recognize alleged errors in the work completed by contractor Tyler Technologies and to fix assessments in three election districts…