New Report: Modernizing Property Tax Assessments in Allegheny County
Summary
Pro-Housing Pittsburgh releases a report proposing modern, open-source property tax assessment methods for Allegheny County to align assessments with market values, improve transparency, and cut costs. The report uses open data and open-source valuation models, evaluates quality against IAAO standards, and suggests in-house reassessments could cost about $1M per year with potential tens of millions in annual benefits.