第一次买房者可申请到 $12500-$15000 的买房补助，并且首付可放到低至3%.
两个不同的补助项目：
1. 一个是高达 $15000 补助，目前对马里兰州的所有County和滨州的York County开放.
2. 另一个是 $5000 补助，对全美50个州开放.
(VA) Fairfax County Dems Vote to Raise Taxes (Again)
April 28, 2021
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted 9 to 1 in favor of higher taxes on Tuesday. The new county budget will raise taxes by 3.4%, amounting to a 45% rise over 10 years. Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield) was the only “no” vote. Herrity’s alternative budget, rejected by the Democrat majority, held taxes nearly flat — while offering relief to seniors and 3% raises to county teachers.
Following Tuesday’s vote, Herrity joined WMAL’s Larry O’Connor Show to discuss the county’s fiscal condition. “This board does not seem interested in even looking at reductions,” Herrity said. “It’s all about new programs and tax increases. It might be down to where the only thing to do is to look at new members for the board. I think we are going to see pendulum swing this November, and hopefully that will continue in two years when we have Board of Supervisors elections.”
FCTA: McKay Misleads the Public on Taxes
April 2, 2021
The Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance (FCTA) sent the following bulletin to members on March 29:
On March 9, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, which is deciding on next year’s county budget, advertised a 4.25% real estate tax hike, which would cost the average homeowner $293. This continues a two-decade trend where the supervisors have increased real estate taxes three times faster than homeowner income, which has barely kept up with inflation. The average homeowner real estate tax next year would be $7200. If real estate taxes had increased at the same pace as inflation since 2000, the average tax would be $3800.
The $293 increase would be the largest real estate tax hike in five years. However, you would not know it from reading the county chairman’s newsletter.
It is easy for the supervisors to mislead taxpayers about real estate taxes. In his March 9, 2021, newsletter, county chairman Jeffrey McKay (D-At-Large) stated that the advertised real estate tax rate for next year is $1.15 per $100 of your home’s assessed value, the same as this year’s rate. While he acknowledged “… that many residents’ assessments are on the rise …,” he did not acknowledge that the average increase in residential assessments is 4.25%. While many homeowners will have tax hikes of 4% or more and others less depending on their individual assessments, most will have a tax increase, and the average increase will be 4.25%.
By comparison, the cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits this year is 1.3%. The county’s $293 advertised real estate tax increase is greater than the average 2021 Social Security increase, which is $240.
Also, Chairman McKay neglected to say that the advertised real estate tax rate is just over $1.18, not $1.15. This is because, starting in 2010 the supervisors added to your real estate tax bill a new stormwater tax, which is also based on your assessment. The stormwater rate is an additional 3 ¼ cents.
A Taxpayers Alliance member emailed us that the Mason District supervisor, at her budget town hall, said that real estate taxes are increasing due to higher assessments. Our member got the supervisor to admit that the supervisors could prevent a tax increase by lowering the real estate rate, from $1.15 to $1.10, which would cancel out the assessment increase. The supervisor then told our member to email her suggestions on what to cut.
Here’s a suggestion. Preventing a tax increase by lowering the rate to $1.10 would reduce next year’s Fairfax County revenues by $150 million. Meanwhile, frustrated parents pulled 9,000 students out of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). At an average cost of $16,500 per student, the loss of 9,000 students reduces FCPS spending by $149M. Therefore, the FCPS budget, which is mainly funded by the county, can be cut by $149M.
Note that Fairfax County received $470 million in COVID relief funds, more than three times the revenue from next year’s advertised tax increase, primarily from last year’s CARES Act. The county estimates that it will receive an additional $222 million from the just-passed American Rescue Plan.
Also, both the county and FCPS have not answered repeated requests from the Taxpayers Alliance about how many employees were paid while not working and how much that cost. To our knowledge no county or school employees lost jobs or pay due to the COVID lockdown, while their private-sector counterparts did lose jobs, pay, and businesses. Moreover, schools are asking for a pay raise next year.
During last year’s lockdown, the supervisors imposed a 3% real estate tax hike, and now they’re advertising a 4.25% tax hike during the second year of the lockdown.
If you oppose a real estate tax hike, please contact county chairman Jeffrey McKay well before April 27, when the supervisors finalize the budget. His phone is 703-324-2321, and he can be emailed at chairman@fairfaxcounty.gov.
If you oppose giving raises to employees who were paid for not working and oppose paying for 9,000 students who were withdrawn from the school system, please contact school board chairman Ricardy Anderson at 571-423-1083.
Phone calls and emails can have an impact. If you do call or email, please let the FCTA know. Thank you!
Editor’s note: To learn more about the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance (FCTA), visit their website at FCTA.org. You can also email them via Bulletin@FCTA.org.
The following was first published on page A9 of the Washington Times on 03/11/2021.
Fairfax County Notice of Proposed Real Property Tax Increase
In accordance with Virginia Code Section 58.1-3321, notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, Virginia, will meet in the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia, on April 13, 2021 at 3:00 P.M. The meeting may be held electronically due to the State of Emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Please contact the Clerk for the Board of Supervisors at (703)324-3151 or clerktothebos@fairfaxcounty.gov, or review online at https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/boardofsupervisors/2021-board-meetings at least one week prior to the meetings. The meeting is available to view live on Channel 16 and stream live online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cableconsumer/channel-16/live-video-stream. Live audio of the meeting may be accessed via telephone as noted on the website.
At that meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall consider the matters described below.
The Fairfax County Executive has proposed the advertisement of a real estate tax rate of $1.15 per $100 of assessed value. The tax rate being proposed represents no change from the FY 2021 rate of $1.150 per $100 of assessed value; however, the total assessed value of existing property has increased. It should be noted that the total increase in assessed value of existing properties is expected to be 2.02 percent, including an increase of 4.25 percent for residential real property and a decrease of 4.05 percent for non-residential real property. As a result, most property owners will experience an increase in their real estate tax bill. Because the average value of real property in Fairfax County has appreciated by at least one percent, Virginia Code Section 58.1-3321 requires Fairfax County to publish the following notice.
Fairfax County, Virginia proposes to increase property tax levies.
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Assessment Increase: Total assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new construction or improvements to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 2.02 percent.
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Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment: The tax rate which would levy the same amount of real estate tax as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusions mentioned above, would be $1.1273 per $100 of assessed value. This rate will be known as the “lowered tax rate”.
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Effective Rate Increase: Fairfax County, Virginia, proposes to adopt a tax rate of $1.15 per $100 of assessed value. The difference between the lowered tax rate and the proposed rate would be $0.0227 per $100, or 2.01 percent. This difference will be known as the “effective tax rate increase”.
Individual property taxes may, however, increase at a percentage greater than or less than the above percentage.
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Proposed Total Budget Increase: Based on the proposed real property tax rate and changes in other revenues, the total budget of Fairfax County, Virginia, will exceed last year’s by 1.51 percent [1].
A public hearing on this issue will be held at 3:00 P.M. on April 13, 2021 in the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center at 12000 Government Center Parkway.
Contact: Hongliang Zhang
Tel: 571-474-8885
Email: zhl19740122@gmail.com
All persons wishing to present their views on these subjects may sign up to be placed on the Speakers List at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bosclerk/speakers-form, call the Office of the Clerk to the Board at 703-324-3151 to be placed on the Speakers List, and may appear and be heard via telephone or pre-recorded video. Deadlines by type of testimony are on the website. In addition, written testimony and other submissions will be received at 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 552, Fairfax, 22035 and clerktothebos@fairfaxcounty.gov. If the meetings are in person, phone and video testimony are encouraged but in-person attendance and testimony are also permitted at 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia.
Copies of the full text of proposed ordinances, plans and amendments, as applicable, as well as other documents relating to the aforementioned subjects, are on file and may be examined at the Office of the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors, Suite 552 of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia.
Fairfax County supports the Americans with Disabilities Act by making reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. Open captioning will be provided in the Board Auditorium. For sign language interpreters or other accommodations, please call the Clerk’s Office, 703-324-3151, TTY 711 (Virginia Relay Center) no later than 48 hours before the public hearing. Assistive listening devices will be available at the meeting.
The Board will conduct a separate hearing on the FY 2022 Advertised Budget Plan which will commence on April 13, 2018 at 4:00 PM and on April 14 and April 15 at 1:00PM.
Copies of the FY 2022 Advertised Budget Plan and the Advertised Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2022-2026 (With Future Fiscal Years to 2031) are available on the Internet at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/budget/.
A Copy – Teste:
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Jill G. Cooper, Clerk
Board of Supervisors
[1]: The total budget increase is based on all revenues received by the General Fund of Fairfax County. Projected FY 2022 disbursements reflect a decrease of 4.68 percent over the FY 2021 level.
Source: http://www.fcta.org/FxCo/Taxes/2021_fx_noticeoftaxincr.html
