Why Should Delaware Care?New Castle County homeowners could see their annual property tax bills rise again if a lawsuit by landlords across the county is successful in pausing or reversing recently split rates. Renters could also face higher costs if the lawsuit fails.
After months of outcry over the first reassessment of property values in decades and the issuance of two sets of annual New Castle County tax bills, a new lawsuit could throw the whole debate back into disarray.
A coalition of landlords and hotel owners has sued the state, New Castle County and its six school districts over the split-rate tax structures that legislators approved amid a wave of public outrage last month, moving more of the tax burden from residents to businesses…