So the city wants to build more "affordable housing" (the projects), meanwhile doing nothing to address the soaring property taxes that are driving away middle to low income owners of single family homes. Say what you will about California, but they have caps on property tax increases (Prop 13). Texas could learn something from CA in this regard.
same in Massachusetts. It's good, but I think more could be done. Calif. and Mass. have long been desirable, but it's something new for SA. They are places that have experienced this before.
@@daveray5655 absolutely. It's a function of wealth inequity and a failure to serve everyone at every level of society. Calif has a better safety net and look what happened. Texas will be even worse when it achieves the magnitude of output and disparity that California has. It has already started.
I was born and raised in Austin, around 2006 I started to notice that homes on Ceasar Chavez st were being bought and transformed and sold for a higher price. Property taxes went up pushing the poor out. There needs to be a "Grandfather Property Tax" for people who have owned their homes before the gentrification happened. It only seems fair. I moved to San Antono because I couldn't afford to live in Austin. I'd been in San Antonio for 8 years before I started seeing it again. SA better step up
You think you’ll avoid paying? Doesn’t matter if you go to a “crappy” side. They’ll keep raising taxes on your old/remodel. They’ll get their money one way or another. Yeah 15 an hour/ in turn higher prices what did everyone think was gonna happen? Prices stay the same? Leveling the playing field is all they do.
once ppl figure out that the city dont give two chits about them the better decisions they can make about buying property's in undeveloped or neglected areas . to be brutally honest the government would rather just see us die off so that they can just take our stuff and do what they want with it . what a sad way to treat the elderly .
Hate to say it but it's capitalism warts and all. Gotta keep up. And the city isn't really improving its infrastructure to keep up with the massive spikes in population here. Gotta keep up or you'll end up like a Detroit or an Oakland. Unfortunately the city government circle jerk is all about that tourism/out of state migrating cash. New, fresh money. And keeping up with Austin's tourism development is SA city halls main concern. Eventually the city is gonna stretch even more and engulf the affordable land and peaceful country areas. So it's just not in the inner cities. It's affecting the entire state
so a man invest $38,000 and it is now worth $170,000....425% increase and he is complaining.......this is like when people bitch about paying capital gains because they made too much money....these areas were dumps and now they look nicer and the crime is going down. be thankful
He bought that house to live in, not to make a profit……..that is exactly the issue……outsiders who buy a house to make a profit pushes out folks who bought a cheap house to LIVE in, because that what they were able to afford. Even when they pay their mortgage, the taxes will eventually force them out the very house they owned, and they will have no choice but to get evicted forcefully. So no, this isn’t like people complaining about capital gains tax, which is there PURELY for obtained profits.
@Rudy Campos that would be ur fault for buying a piece of shit house and not fixing it yourself…..plus if ur house was junk and worth $200,000, u would be a Moron to sell at $100,000
@@lne9070 u r making absolutely zero sense......ANY person that purchases a home does it for 2 reasons if the home is their primary residence: 1. to live in, 2, to make money on when and if they decide to sell. 425% INCREASE....... so you would rather the dump he purchased in a crappy area stay crappy?? it is safer and nicer because property value goes up.....jeez...
@@joedallaskelly you are correct on your two points on why people buy a house, no arguing that at all……..what I’m saying is for point #1: it’s kinda hard to live in your house if you can’t afford the exponentially rising taxes, especially when the person purposely move to an area that is a KNOWN low income residential area to afford the home. Steady tax increases are ok, but exponential tax hikes hurt the homeowner, even if he has a paid off mortgage (Ask the folks in East Austin). For point #2, yes, you can sell the house for a profit, but all other homes also increase in prices and incurred a exponential tax hike…..and like @Rudy Campos mentioned, rents went dramatically up in price, as well. So with that being the case, where is the person supposed to move? I suppose he can move to a different state…..are you advocating that locals who own their homes should be forcibly moved out, due to outsiders all of a sudden bringing in their wealth to make a buck? The outsiders could help IMPROVE the neighborhood, but that’s not what they’re doing…..they’re REPLACING the neighborhood, by moving all of the current homeowners out.
My sister lives on the east side and I asked her what are all those black guys doing outside every time I go over there don't they have a job she goes they are working they're selling drugs that's what they do all end up down the street who'd want to live on the east side
There are indeed black guys posted up on the streets …and wait for it…they are indeed all selling drugs … if they were Mexican he would have said Mexican , if they were Asian he would have said Asian. Facts don’t care about these liberals feelings
Something needs to be done with the South side. Specifically, Nogalitos St. It's gotten so bad, in fact, SAPD won't come out, even when you call them. The gangs, theft, drugs, and illegal activity on the South side has gotten out of control.
The problem is the property tax system
So the city wants to build more "affordable housing" (the projects), meanwhile doing nothing to address the soaring property taxes that are driving away middle to low income owners of single family homes. Say what you will about California, but they have caps on property tax increases (Prop 13). Texas could learn something from CA in this regard.
same in Massachusetts. It's good, but I think more could be done. Calif. and Mass. have long been desirable, but it's something new for SA. They are places that have experienced this before.
Yes the massive homeless issue in California is something we should learn from.
@@daveray5655 absolutely. It's a function of wealth inequity and a failure to serve everyone at every level of society. Calif has a better safety net and look what happened. Texas will be even worse when it achieves the magnitude of output and disparity that California has. It has already started.
600 dollars a year is small change, that’s like half an insurance bill
So this blue city is making the poor suffer? Pushing them out of their homes.
You act as if Democrats are any different than Republicans. ✨💖🛠💖✨
One of the first concerts I went to was at The Joe Freeman Coliseum. I took my mom and my bestie to see The Ohio Players. One of the best concerts!
I was born and raised in Austin, around 2006 I started to notice that homes on Ceasar Chavez st were being bought and transformed and sold for a higher price. Property taxes went up pushing the poor out.
There needs to be a "Grandfather Property Tax" for people who have owned their homes before the gentrification happened. It only seems fair. I moved to San Antono because I couldn't afford to live in Austin. I'd been in San Antonio for 8 years before I started seeing it again. SA better step up
should cut down government pay so they can feel the pain of normal citizens
The eastside wasn't always POC. It "Historically " has changed ethnicity over the centuries. I guess it's time for it to change colors again.
You think you’ll avoid paying? Doesn’t matter if you go to a “crappy” side. They’ll keep raising taxes on your old/remodel. They’ll get their money one way or another. Yeah 15 an hour/ in turn higher prices what did everyone think was gonna happen? Prices stay the same? Leveling the playing field is all they do.
So what’s the real solution? Everything has been going up even when pay was lower
You contradict yourself. I don't think people who might get $15 an hour are the people gentrifying poorer neighborhoods.
I agree.The previous resident need to be keep in the same property tax brackets.
once ppl figure out that the city dont give two chits about them the better decisions they can make about buying property's in undeveloped or neglected areas . to be brutally honest the government would rather just see us die off so that they can just take our stuff and do what they want with it . what a sad way to treat the elderly .
Trying to get rid of Useless eaters. That is what they call us
They are not recognizing that the new development will win, it has already began
My taxes went up 2k! I'm pissed, and im on a "fixed income" too, called a salary.
170,000 for a wooden house? What the fffff.... I can get a mansion for that much across the border lol.
And a bunch of crime
There’s crime on the East side also, I live there 😒 so what’s your point?
Hate to say it but it's capitalism warts and all. Gotta keep up. And the city isn't really improving its infrastructure to keep up with the massive spikes in population here. Gotta keep up or you'll end up like a Detroit or an Oakland. Unfortunately the city government circle jerk is all about that tourism/out of state migrating cash. New, fresh money. And keeping up with Austin's tourism development is SA city halls main concern. Eventually the city is gonna stretch even more and engulf the affordable land and peaceful country areas. So it's just not in the inner cities. It's affecting the entire state
so a man invest $38,000 and it is now worth $170,000....425% increase and he is complaining.......this is like when people bitch about paying capital gains because they made too much money....these areas were dumps and now they look nicer and the crime is going down. be thankful
He bought that house to live in, not to make a profit……..that is exactly the issue……outsiders who buy a house to make a profit pushes out folks who bought a cheap house to LIVE in, because that what they were able to afford. Even when they pay their mortgage, the taxes will eventually force them out the very house they owned, and they will have no choice but to get evicted forcefully. So no, this isn’t like people complaining about capital gains tax, which is there PURELY for obtained profits.
@Rudy Campos that would be ur fault for buying a piece of shit house and not fixing it yourself…..plus if ur house was junk and worth $200,000, u would be a Moron to sell at $100,000
@@lne9070 u r making absolutely zero sense......ANY person that purchases a home does it for 2 reasons if the home is their primary residence: 1. to live in, 2, to make money on when and if they decide to sell. 425% INCREASE.......
so you would rather the dump he purchased in a crappy area stay crappy?? it is safer and nicer because property value goes up.....jeez...
@@joedallaskelly you are correct on your two points on why people buy a house, no arguing that at all……..what I’m saying is for point #1: it’s kinda hard to live in your house if you can’t afford the exponentially rising taxes, especially when the person purposely move to an area that is a KNOWN low income residential area to afford the home. Steady tax increases are ok, but exponential tax hikes hurt the homeowner, even if he has a paid off mortgage (Ask the folks in East Austin). For point #2, yes, you can sell the house for a profit, but all other homes also increase in prices and incurred a exponential tax hike…..and like @Rudy Campos mentioned, rents went dramatically up in price, as well. So with that being the case, where is the person supposed to move? I suppose he can move to a different state…..are you advocating that locals who own their homes should be forcibly moved out, due to outsiders all of a sudden bringing in their wealth to make a buck? The outsiders could help IMPROVE the neighborhood, but that’s not what they’re doing…..they’re REPLACING the neighborhood, by moving all of the current homeowners out.
The Eastside needs to be sawed off the map. That area has been 🗑 for decades. I’m POC and I avoid that area like the plague.
Your the scum of the world. Not every one is perfect or anything you rasist
That soul food looks 🔥 right now!
Try Mr and Mrs G Soul Food on WW White rd
Property taxes are theft. There is NO limit. It's not just poor black folk who get priced out.
Omg no way, the poor people had to move out?
There NEEDS to be a cap on this shit. There NEEDS to be a rent cap, and a price cap.
Let the market do it’s thing. Cap doesn’t do any good to the homeowners there. The city probably needs to find an alternative to get revenue.
We've never owned anything
My hood. Literally down the street from me and yeah it's becoming gentrified for sure.
My sister lives on the east side and I asked her what are all those black guys doing outside every time I go over there don't they have a job she goes they are working they're selling drugs that's what they do all end up down the street who'd want to live on the east side
Typical San Antonio person racist af ! & don’t say nothing to me cus I’m black & live in Redland woods
@@nicoleshaundra8677 it’s not racist if it’s true
There are indeed black guys posted up on the streets …and wait for it…they are indeed all selling drugs … if they were Mexican he would have said Mexican , if they were Asian he would have said Asian. Facts don’t care about these liberals feelings
there should be increased taxes on people who move here from out of state
Then they won't move here. City loses out on that development(condos, suburbs, shopping centers) money.
Those from Cali and NYC need to be charged a moving to Texas tax 50 % of what they sold their property for. And leave their f.u. politics behind.
Regulation like this will keep the city from ever growing.
Something needs to be done with the South side. Specifically, Nogalitos St. It's gotten so bad, in fact, SAPD won't come out, even when you call them. The gangs, theft, drugs, and illegal activity on the South side has gotten out of control.
At the 2:18 mark...what does she mean bring life back to the East side? Does she mean that it was dead before they arrived???
Extremely poor and underdeveloped/dilapidated
Some of those houses are gorgeous inside. Carved fireplace mantels, stained glass oval glass doors, wood floors. You gotta look but they are there.
Schools are still terrible though.
There is no bad side to this. Only bad thing is people aren't cleaning it up fast enough lol.
You have the most resources? You also have the highest crime
Crime is not only Eastside it is everywhere in SA. I live on Eastside we look out for each so why not keep your racist comments to yourself.
@@timoutlaw9763 first I said highest crime...second your the only one who made it about race... think before you speak dipshit
For the most part there's a shooting in the Eastside at least once a week in the news. How is it a racist comment?
@@fartgangtv9143 because black people don't like it
@@timoutlaw9763 he never made it about race you Democrat simp
The city sold out the community for people who just see it as a dollar sign! Good job to the mayor 👏 👍 👌