{"id":24,"date":"2026-09-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/keys2homes-com\/2026\/09\/27\/record-6-63b-budget-raises-taxes\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:00:00","slug":"record-6-63b-budget-raises-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/record-6-63b-budget-raises-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Record $6.63B Budget Raises Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/divya-sharma-1\/austin-homeowners-costs-remotion-videos-09d6\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Austin leaders approved a $6.63B fiscal 2026-27 budget, nearly \u21915% from the current $6.3B plan, and set the highest property tax rate allowed without voters.<br \/>\nAustin homeowners&#039; annual property taxes were projected at ~$2.19K versus $2.07K, or \u2191&gt;8%; seniors and disabled residents may qualify for extra exemptions.<br \/>\nWith utility bills and service charges also expected to be higher, Austin&#039;s combined city rates and fees were estimated to top $5.95K, \u2191&gt;$170 overall.<br \/>\nThe local mayor opposed the budget, warning it could add pressure for residents already facing financial strain despite efforts to preserve social services.<br \/>\nAustin also set aside housing assistance, funded shelter operations, park equipment, and approved $35M in debt plus initial support for a joint emergency communications office.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin leaders approved a $6.63B fiscal 2026-27 budget, nearly \u21915% from the current $6.3B plan, and set the highest property tax rate allowed without voters. Austin homeowners&#039; annual property taxes were projected at ~$2.19K versus $2.07K, or \u2191&gt;8%; seniors and disabled residents may qualify for extra exemptions. With utility bills and service charges also expected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}