This is when Property Taxes End in Florida

Did you know in 2019 Florida cites and counties collected $30 billion in property taxes. Today they collect over $60 billion. It doubled in 7 years. And by 2031 they are estimated to collect $84 billion. Another 40% increase if nothing changes.

Here's what you need to know. The regular legislative session already ended in March. No property tax bills are on the ballot right now. Zero. That's exactly how DeSantis wants it. He doesn't want a confusing mess of proposals floating around. He wants one clean question in front of Florida voters in November 2026. Do you want to eliminate property taxes on your homestead home? Yes or no.

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To get it on the ballot. He's gotta call a special session, drag lawmakers back to Tallahassee, and force every single one of them to go on record with their vote. That's his secret weapon. These politicians are gonna have to look Florida homeowners in the eye and explain why they voted for, or against, ending property taxes.

DeSantis has a hard deadline. Everything has to be done before August 1st or it misses the November 2026 ballot entirely. So he's calling a special session sometime in late June or July, he’ll have a senate member introduces the bill, both chambers will have to vote on it, and it has to hit 60% in each chamber just to get to voters. Thats a supermajority and its required to change the Florida constitution. Then it lands on the November ballot and Florida homeowners get to decide. Voters have to approve it by 60%. So thats two supermajorities that need to happen. Miss either one and it's dead. 

And here's the number they don't want you to know. Out of all the property tax money collected, only around 30% comes from homestead homes. Primary residences. The house you actually live in. The other 70% comes from second homes, Airbnbs, rental properties, office buildings, and businesses. All of that keeps getting taxed.

And property taxes only make up about 30% of municipalities total budgets. That means 21% of the total budget gets funded from property taxes on commercial properties. 9% of the total budget gets funded from property taxes on homesteaded homes. So we're not blowing up the entire system. We're talking about replacing roughly 9% of the average local government budget. Nine percent. Thats it. So your local politician will cry that if we cut 9% they can’t operate at the current budget level. Yes!! Thats the idea. We actually want them to operate on less money and cut 15% - 20% of their budgets. Stuff like DEI programs, NGO’s, and nonprofit funding that pushes political world views. Here’s a list of what FAFO has deemed wasteful spending by a few Florida cities and counties and you tell me if they could cut this crap out and still be able to operate schools, police, roads and fire?

And FAFO has already uncovered over two billion dollars in wasteful spending across just 13 cities and counties. The money is there. They just don’t want to stop spending it.

But there's one Republican with enough power to kill this before it ever gets to voters. His name is Daniel Perez. Speaker of the Florida House. He already blocked DeSantis on an AI Bill of Rights and a medical freedom bill by simply not letting the House file a bill to vote on either one. Now he holds the gavel on property taxes. And his political committees have taken money from the government workers union. The same union whose members get paid with your property taxes. You do the math.

And look, Perez has fought DeSantis on just about everything since day one. Immigration. The budget. AI. Healthcare. And now property taxes. But here's what makes this really interesting. Perez is term limited. He's done at the end of the year. He can't run again. But his sister Ashley Perez-Biliskov is running for his seat. So when Perez walks out the door, don't think for a second this fight’s over. She could be the one sitting in that chair in the future, fighting the next Republican governor the same way her brother fought this one.

Lt. Governor Jay Collins is already on record saying he’s confident this will pass. But if Perez does run out the clock and derail the plan. Jay said when he’s elected governor, he'll keep fighting to eliminate property taxes. He’s a Retired Army Green Beret. Appointed second in command of Florida by Ron DeSantis. Not the type to walk away from a fight. The blueprint is built. The votes are close. The only question is whether Florida Republicans have the spine to use them.

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Grant Warrington

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