The cost of owning or renting a home has skyrocketed in recent years. Not only is this an issue in urban areas, but our 2024 listening tour identified this as an issue across the state. With the price of housing rising and the demand for it rapidly increasing, Beacon will work to reduce the cost of homeownership and renting through efforts to limit property tax increases and expedite the development of new housing options. Among our proposals, Beacon is calling for:
- Limits on the growth of local property taxes, like that in 46 other states
- A constitutional amendment to ban a statewide property tax
- Sensible zoning and permitting reforms
