Lowering Property Taxes for Seniors and Working Families

Supporting Long-Serving Residents and Moderate-Income Families
Jolene Ivey understands that rising property taxes create significant challenges for seniors and working families, especially for those who have long been pillars of Prince George’s County. Her plan delivers targeted property tax relief to support long-serving residents and moderate-income families, ensuring they can remain in their homes and communities without facing undue financial hardship.

Measured and Sustainable Tax Reductions
Jolene’s approach to tax relief will be fiscally responsible, ensuring that essential county services like education, public safety, and infrastructure are not compromised. By being measured with reductions and strategically targeting relief, she will maintain a balanced budget while addressing the needs of residents who need it most.

Funding Property Tax Reductions

Jolene believes that in order to lower residential property taxes, you must increase the commercial tax base here in Prince George’s. The county must embrace Prince George’s based tech companies like IonQ, and use the federal research triangle to foster the growth of these Prince George’s County based businesses. She also knows that the County has left hundreds of millions of dollars on the table – simply because its agencies have not been proactively applying for federal, state, and private grants. Jolene will direct every agency to apply for grants at every level before they can ask for more funding from the county tax payers. Jolene is also calling on the state to reduce the mandated local s