Jackson County program giving property tax relief to seniors [Video]

MINIMAL, BUT NORMAL FOR THE RUSH HOUR. A NEW PROGRAM IN JACKSON COUNTY IS GIVING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO SENIORS AFTER LAST YEAR’S CONTROVERSIAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT SEASON. REMEMBER, THOUSANDS OF. RESIDENTS APPEALED AFTER HIGH SKY, SKY HIGH, I SHOULD SAY PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS, AND NOW YOU OR YOUR LOVED ONES COULD QUALIFY FOR RELIEF. KMBC NINE’S MARTIN AUGUSTINE EXPLAINS THE IDEA BEHIND THE LAW IS TO GIVE SENIORS A BREAK ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES SO THAT IF THEY CHOOSE, THEY MAY STAY IN THEIR HOME AS LONG AS THEY WANT. JACKSON COUNTY NOW HAS THIS TAX RELIEF PLAN OPERATIONAL NOW THE SUBJECT OF PROPERTY TAXES IN JACKSON COUNTY IS A SENSITIVE ONE. YOU MAY REMEMBER THE LINES LAST SUMMER OF PEOPLE FILING. APPEALS ON THEIR TAX ASSESSMENTS, WHICH IN MANY CASES HAD GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY. WELL, AMONG THE MOST WORRIED PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH THEN, SENIOR CITIZENS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THEY’D …