Whitestown flood mitigation buyout property taxes
Summary
Homes the Town of Whitestown bought for flood mitigation will eventually come off the tax rolls, shrinking county, town, village and school revenue. The MOU keeps taxes paid in the meantime, with refunds if exempt status lands mid-year — and legislators flagged a bigger county tax hit coming next year.
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Last discussed Jun 4, 2026.
Impact analysis
The county will lose county tax revenue on the buyout properties once they go tax-exempt, likely starting next year.
Whitestown and Whitesboro taxpayers, since the town keeps the tax bills paid on vacant buyout properties.
County taxpayers broadly, as exempting these properties shifts the tax levy elsewhere over time.
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