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The house owned by Maddie Gioffre and Shaquille Charles, center, is subject to tax bills that are roughly double those of the house on the left, and triple the property on the right. (Photo by Lindsay Dill/PublicSource)

Consent order could lower appealed Allegheny County property tax bills

by Rich Lord April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

The consent order could allow tens of thousands of homeowners whose assessments rose due to appeals in recent years to file new appeals, seeking to push their tax bills down.

Maddie Gioffre (right) and Shaquille Charles stand in front of their Wilkinsburg home on April 5, 2022. The two purchased the home in early 2020 and were promptly subjected to an assessment appeal. They are the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the way Allegheny County calculates property assessments after appeals. (Photo by Lindsay Dill/PublicSource)

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Wilkinsburg homeowners lead lawsuit challenging Allegheny County’s property tax math

by Rich Lord April 8, 2022April 8, 2022

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Pittsburgh’s hot housing market + Allegheny County’s largely frozen assessments = ‘fundamentally inequitable’ tax bills

by Rich Lord April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

Boxes full of items suggesting Black ownership, removed from a Highland Park house, are the centerpiece of an installation art exhibit by Harrison Kinnane Smith at the Mattress Factory in Central Northside. The house was appraised twice — once with a Black person presenting as the owner, and with the African American-themed items, and once with a white person and no such items. The difference was $36,000. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

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Unbalanced: An artist takes on the racial tilt of Allegheny County’s aging property assessments

by Rich Lord February 16, 2022March 25, 2022