Kansas homeowners want to slow down rising property taxes. Here’s how lawmakers plan to address it
In the last nine years, Carol Schenk of Wichita has seen the assessed value of her home increase from $152,000 to $240,000 — pushing her annual property tax bill from $2,200 in 2014 to more than $3,000 in 2022.Schenk told lawmakers in a letter earlier this year that the tax on her nearly 30-year-old home is becoming too much.“I can’t even imagine what my new tax bill will be,” Schenk said, “but I am struggling to afford it right now.”Many Kansans have lined up at public meetings to say rising property values and the taxes that come with them are out of control.
