City of Regina to consider upping taxes on derelict houses, downtown parking lots (Everyone in North Dakota Should Read This!)
In Regina, residents are growing increasingly frustrated with the sight of derelict houses and abandoned lots that have lingered for years. City council is now exploring a new taxation policy aimed at these nuisance properties, which would impose higher rates on neglected land, encouraging property owners to take action. Advocates, including community leaders, are cautiously optimistic about this potential shift, hoping it will not only address safety concerns but also revitalize neighborhoods long left behind.
The hamster wheel in your head should be starting to turn wildly right now. Regina is nosing onto one of the solutions to property taxation that should be in the conversation everywhere — developing tax policy that encourages the type of community and place we want to live in. In North Dakota we do the opposite — we tax higher for keeping property nice; we tax lower for keeping property blighted and undeveloped. What if we set-up our tax policy to incentivize the type of places we wanted to live in — lower taxes for nice property, higher taxes for blighted property?
In the legislature, all eyes are on HB 1176 — a property tax solution that would increase state spending and cap local budgets. It treats symptoms; Regina is looking at curing the disease.
HB 1176
A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 54-27, a new section to chapter 57-02, and a new section to chapter 57-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a legacy earnings fund, a legacy property tax relief fund, a primary residence certification, and a limitation on property tax levies without voter approval; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 21-10-06, section 57-02-01, subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 57-02-08.1, subdivision b of subsection 2 of section 57-02-08.1, and sections 57-02-08.9, 57-02-08.10, 57-02-27, 57-02-27.1, 57-02-53, 57-09-04, 57-11-03, 57-12-06, and 57-20-07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to funds invested by the state investment board, property tax definitions, the homestead tax credit and renters refund, the primary residence credit, property classifications, notices to property owners, and the property tax statement; to repeal sections 21-10-12, 21-10-13, and 57-15-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legacy fund definitions, the legacy earnings fund, and estimated property tax and budget hearing notices; to provide an appropriation; to provide a transfer; to provide an effective date; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.
House Sponsors: Nathe (R, District 30), Hagert (R, District 20), Headland (R, District 29), Lefor (R, District 37), Porter (R, District 34), Stemen (R, District 27), Swiontek (R, District 10), Vigesaa (R, District 29),
Senate Sponsors: Bekkedahl (R, District 1), Hogue (R, District 38), Rummel (R, District 37), Weber (R, District 22),
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