Why Should Delaware Care? Wilmington residents and city officials have criticized the outcome of New Castle County tax reassessment completed in 2024, saying it exaggerated property values and drove up tax bills — especially for lower-income residents. In response, Mayor John Carney rolled out a new plan that could lower future bills, but it’s proving harder than expected to get the job done.
Wilmington’s plan to reassess home values in the city by looking inside some of them is proving to be more difficult than expected, as officials struggle to secure a contractor to do the work.
Amid outrage over steep jumps in tax bills last September, Mayor John Carney announced his initiative to hire a contractor to conduct interior appraisals of residential properties on a block-by-block basis for neighborhoods with assessments that were deemed to be “too high.”…