Property Tax Equity in Harris County

Houston, FY 2019 • Overall, city taxpayers paid $1.36 billion in property taxes to the county and the hospital district combined and received $1.218 billion in services in return, resulting in a subsidy by city taxpayers to the county and the hospital district of $142 million. [...] FIGURE 2 Harris County Property Tax Revenue • City taxpayers paid $360 million in and Expenditures Inside the City of property taxes to the county hospital Houston, FY 2020 district and received $420 million in services from the county hospital district, resulting in a subsidy by the county hospital district to city taxpayers of $60 million. [...] • Overall, city taxpayers paid $1.482 billion in property taxes to the county and the hospital district combined and received $1.314 billion in services in return, resulting in a subsidy by city taxpayers to the county and the hospital district of $169 million. [...] with Harris County staff to obtain financial data and to understand the services provided by the County—spe- County Administration cifically, the provision of countywide services in the City of Houston compared to the remainder of the County. [...] This the age of 65 without insurance and the percentage of the weighted average resulted in an allocation of 48.5% to the county population below the poverty line.