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COMMENTARY
Pennsylvania Capitol Building. May 24, 2022. Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

Bravo for expanding the property tax/rent rebate program. Now let’s find a better way to fund it.

BY: - August 18, 2023

Gov. Josh Shapiro and members of the General Assembly are taking a victory lap around Pennsylvania touting the expansion of the commonwealth’s Property Tax and Rent Rebate program.  There’s a great deal more to this legislation than the expansion of a popular program for low-to-middle income seniors, however. It speaks to the use of lottery […]

COMMENTARY
Decreasing tax; Wooden blocks with "TAX" text of concept.

An expansion of Pa.’s property tax/rent rebate program will help seniors age in place | Opinion

BY: - June 21, 2023

This one should be a no-brainer for the General Assembly this budget season.

COMMENTARY
happy senior couple

Shapiro’s master plan for older Pennsylvanian has good first steps | Ray E. Landis

BY: - June 11, 2023

Taking words on a page and making them real will take work. But it can happen if we work together.

Pa. House panel moves forward on Gov. Shapiro’s plan to update property tax relief program

BY: - May 23, 2023

‘We’ve been seeing over the years an upsurge in the number of claimants who are pushed out of the program,’ Rep. Maureen Madden said.

Shapiro touts proposed expansion to property tax, rent rebate program for seniors, Pennsylvanians with disabilities

BY: - May 4, 2023

Shapiro, speaking from the Erie West Senior Center, noted that the rebate program has not been updated in more than a decade, despite rising inflation, and called his proposal “common sense.”

The ceiling of the main Rotunda inside Pennsylvania’s Capitol building. May 24, 2022. Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

The deadline to apply for a property tax rebate or rent rebate is Dec. 31. Here’s how

BY: - December 20, 2022

The deadline to apply for a property tax rebate or rent rebate is Dec. 31.