Reassessments on Allegheny County Homeowners' Minds from the Pittsburgh Tribune Review
The scale of the reported increases in assessments and the hue and cry that have attended them makes this an economic development issue for Pittsburgh.
"She joined more than 400 fellow property owners at the County Office Building, Downtown, for the first day of informal appeals of property reassessments that have angered and confused homeowners across Pittsburgh. New County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who took office in Oakland yesterday, pledged during his campaign to block the reassessment. "This is everything that's wrong with government," said Steve Alber, 67, of Squirrel Hill, whose home value increased 30 percent -- from $232,000 to $301,000. His Shadyside rental property increased from $114,000 to $371,000, or 225 percent."
The scale of the reported increases in assessments and the hue and cry that have attended them makes this an economic development issue for Pittsburgh.
"She joined more than 400 fellow property owners at the County Office Building, Downtown, for the first day of informal appeals of property reassessments that have angered and confused homeowners across Pittsburgh. New County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who took office in Oakland yesterday, pledged during his campaign to block the reassessment. "This is everything that's wrong with government," said Steve Alber, 67, of Squirrel Hill, whose home value increased 30 percent -- from $232,000 to $301,000. His Shadyside rental property increased from $114,000 to $371,000, or 225 percent."
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