- Currently DOR's appraisal method ends up taxing mobile homes unless they are completely destroyed. There are plenty of mobile homes that are uninhabitable but not completely destroyed. This creates a tax for something that is not usable for its intended purpose. - Mobile homes are costly to destroy in a safe manner. - County mobile home auctions create an incentive for owners of uninhabitable mobile homes to shift those costs (i.e. if I don't pay my taxes, someone else will buy my mobile home at the auction and it's no longer my problem). - The cost of safely disposing of dilapidated mobile homes creates an incentive to destroy them in an unsafe manner to avoid future taxes (ex. burning the mobile home, which creates a fire hazard and pollutes the air with noxious chemicals) - The presence of uninhabitable mobile homes on County auction lists creates a higher likelihood that low income individuals will purchase an uninhabitable structure with the expectation that they are purchasing a home. - To the extent that these mobile homes are not inhabitable but remain on the auction list year after year, they add to the workload of the County Treasurer and the Sheriff, who must adhere to all the requirements of Constitutional due process each year with little hope of recovering those costs.
Missoula County supports SB 165, Remove unusable mobile homes from property tax rolls, on the Senate floor this afternoon. Currently, counties are only able to remove mobile homes from the tax rolls if they are completely destroyed, even though many exist that may not be completely destroyed but are still uninhabitable, creating a tax for something not usable for its intended purpose. Many of these mobile homes end up on the county auction list, creating a higher likelihood of low-income individuals unknowingly purchasing an uninhabitable mobile home they expect to use as a home. Mobile homes also are costly to destroy in a safe manner, and some owners are incentivized to destroy them in an unsafe way to avoid future taxes. This sometimes means burning them, which creates a fire hazard and pollutes the air with noxious chemicals. Removing uninhabitable homes from the tax rolls would also reduce the administrative burden of re-listing these homes on the auction list year after year with little hope of recovering the costs.
Missoula County supports SB 165, Remove unusable mobile homes from property tax rolls, up for hearing in House Taxation tomorrow morning. Currently, counties are only able to remove mobile homes from the tax rolls if they are completely destroyed, even though many exist that may not be completely destroyed but are still uninhabitable, creating a tax for something not usable for its intended purpose. Many of these mobile homes end up on the county auction list, creating a higher likelihood of low-income individuals unknowingly purchasing an uninhabitable mobile home they expect to use as a home. Mobile homes also are costly to destroy in a safe manner, and some owners are incentivized to destroy them in an unsafe way to avoid future taxes. This sometimes means burning them, which creates a fire hazard and pollutes the air with noxious chemicals. Removing uninhabitable homes from the tax rolls would also reduce the administrative burden of re-listing these homes on the auction list year after year with little hope of recovering the costs.
Missoula County supports SB 165: Remove unusable mobile homes from property tax rolls, on the House floor this afternoon. Currently, counties are only able to remove mobile homes from the tax rolls if they are completely destroyed, even though many exist that may not be completely destroyed but are still uninhabitable, creating a tax for something not usable for its intended purpose. Many of these mobile homes end up on the county auction list, creating a higher likelihood of low-income individuals unknowingly purchasing an uninhabitable mobile home they expect to use as a home. Mobile homes also are costly to destroy in a safe manner, and some owners are incentivized to destroy them in an unsafe way to avoid future taxes. This sometimes means burning them, which creates a fire hazard and pollutes the air with noxious chemicals. Removing uninhabitable homes from the tax rolls would also reduce the administrative burden of re-listing these homes on the auction list year after year with little hope of recovering the costs.
- Currently DOR's appraisal method ends up taxing mobile homes unless they are completely destroyed. There are plenty of mobile homes that are uninhabitable but not completely destroyed. This creates a tax for something that is not usable for its intended purpose.
ReplyDelete- Mobile homes are costly to destroy in a safe manner.
- County mobile home auctions create an incentive for owners of uninhabitable mobile homes to shift those costs (i.e. if I don't pay my taxes, someone else will buy my mobile home at the auction and it's no longer my problem).
- The cost of safely disposing of dilapidated mobile homes creates an incentive to destroy them in an unsafe manner to avoid future taxes (ex. burning the mobile home, which creates a fire hazard and pollutes the air with noxious chemicals)
- The presence of uninhabitable mobile homes on County auction lists creates a higher likelihood that low income individuals will purchase an uninhabitable structure with the expectation that they are purchasing a home.
- To the extent that these mobile homes are not inhabitable but remain on the auction list year after year, they add to the workload of the County Treasurer and the Sheriff, who must adhere to all the requirements of Constitutional due process each year with little hope of recovering those costs.
Sent morning of Feb. 13:
ReplyDeleteSenators,
Missoula County supports SB 165, Remove unusable mobile homes from property tax rolls, on the Senate floor this afternoon. Currently, counties are only able to remove mobile homes from the tax rolls if they are completely destroyed, even though many exist that may not be completely destroyed but are still uninhabitable, creating a tax for something not usable for its intended purpose. Many of these mobile homes end up on the county auction list, creating a higher likelihood of low-income individuals unknowingly purchasing an uninhabitable mobile home they expect to use as a home. Mobile homes also are costly to destroy in a safe manner, and some owners are incentivized to destroy them in an unsafe way to avoid future taxes. This sometimes means burning them, which creates a fire hazard and pollutes the air with noxious chemicals. Removing uninhabitable homes from the tax rolls would also reduce the administrative burden of re-listing these homes on the auction list year after year with little hope of recovering the costs.
Please support SB 165.
Sent March 13:
ReplyDeleteRepresentative Marler,
Missoula County supports SB 165, Remove unusable mobile homes from property tax rolls, up for hearing in House Taxation tomorrow morning. Currently, counties are only able to remove mobile homes from the tax rolls if they are completely destroyed, even though many exist that may not be completely destroyed but are still uninhabitable, creating a tax for something not usable for its intended purpose. Many of these mobile homes end up on the county auction list, creating a higher likelihood of low-income individuals unknowingly purchasing an uninhabitable mobile home they expect to use as a home. Mobile homes also are costly to destroy in a safe manner, and some owners are incentivized to destroy them in an unsafe way to avoid future taxes. This sometimes means burning them, which creates a fire hazard and pollutes the air with noxious chemicals. Removing uninhabitable homes from the tax rolls would also reduce the administrative burden of re-listing these homes on the auction list year after year with little hope of recovering the costs.
Please support SB 165.
Sent April 5:
ReplyDeleteRepresentatives,
Missoula County supports SB 165: Remove unusable mobile homes from property tax rolls, on the House floor this afternoon. Currently, counties are only able to remove mobile homes from the tax rolls if they are completely destroyed, even though many exist that may not be completely destroyed but are still uninhabitable, creating a tax for something not usable for its intended purpose. Many of these mobile homes end up on the county auction list, creating a higher likelihood of low-income individuals unknowingly purchasing an uninhabitable mobile home they expect to use as a home. Mobile homes also are costly to destroy in a safe manner, and some owners are incentivized to destroy them in an unsafe way to avoid future taxes. This sometimes means burning them, which creates a fire hazard and pollutes the air with noxious chemicals. Removing uninhabitable homes from the tax rolls would also reduce the administrative burden of re-listing these homes on the auction list year after year with little hope of recovering the costs.
Please support SB 165.