Workshop held for senior citizen property tax credit program [Video]

THE PATIENTS ARE NOW IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS SENIOR CITIZENS IN JACKSON COUNTY GOT HANDS ON HELP TONIGHT, COUNTY LEGISLATOR SHAWN SMITH ORGANIZED THE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT WORKSHOP IN LEE’S SUMMIT. THE PROGRAM ALLOWS THOSE WHO ARE SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE TO GET A CREDIT THAT FREEZES THEIR PROPERTY TAXES ON THEIR HOME. SO WHEN WE SUDDENLY SEE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE, WHICH CAUSES THE COST OF THEM LIVING IN THE HOME, THEY’VE ALWAYS LIVED IN TO GO WAY UP, THAT’S A TREMENDOUS BOTH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND FISCAL BURDEN THAT MANY OF THEM JUST CAN’T BEAR, I WILL SAY, AND IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT OUT TO THAT WORKSHOP, BUT YOU LIKE TO SEE