Arlington FY Tax Increase and budget are we happy

[Anonymous]

Hello fellow citizens of Arlington!
Here's the County's new FY 2027 tax increase and budget. We need to pay an average of $400-ish more in annual real estate property tax or $300-ish in annual rent to serve the most vulnerable. Good times huh!

[Anonymous]

https://www.arlingtonva.us/About-Arlington/Newsroom/Articles/2026/Arlington-County-Board-adopts-FY-2027-Budget

Here's the budget memo.

[Anonymous]

How much more to shut down the data centers?

[Anonymous]

I do not think there is room for them in Arlington. This is County budget.

[Anonymous]

Arlington has a spending problem that is only getting worse every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has a spending problem that is only getting worse every year.

It’s not getting worse. What is happening is that we have less coming in on the commercial side, and the residential has to pick up the slack.

Considering that most people in Arlington can afford the extra $500 easily and would prefer to pay it than make hard choices, I don’t see this getting better. For those of you who can’t, I’m sorry. Between the tariffs and the gas prices, not to mention the gutting of federal assistance in all forms, things are not looking good. But if you do need the social safety net there are worse places to be than Arlington for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello fellow citizens of Arlington!
Here's the County's new FY 2027 tax increase and budget. We need to pay an average of $400-ish more in annual real estate property tax or $300-ish in annual rent to serve the most vulnerable. Good times huh!

what do you you mean OR?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello fellow citizens of Arlington!
Here's the County's new FY 2027 tax increase and budget. We need to pay an average of $400-ish more in annual real estate property tax or $300-ish in annual rent to serve the most vulnerable. Good times huh!

what do you you mean OR?

Uh if you own the property you pay the tax. If you rent that's what they estimate you pay due to the tax increase. Try reading the linked article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has a spending problem that is only getting worse every year.

It’s not getting worse. What is happening is that we have less coming in on the commercial side, and the residential has to pick up the slack.

Considering that most people in Arlington can afford the extra $500 easily and would prefer to pay it than make hard choices, I don’t see this getting better. For those of you who can’t, I’m sorry. Between the tariffs and the gas prices, not to mention the gutting of federal assistance in all forms, things are not looking good. But if you do need the social safety net there are worse places to be than Arlington for sure.

I prefer to make a hard choice and do what I want for my $500. And to get any of Arlington's "safety net" you cannot have much income. So retirees who own a paid off house are taxed more but can't get any safety net if couples income is over about $115k and you have $500k in assets other than the house. That's SSA plus modest retirement account

[Anonymous]

It's not a one-time increase of $500. The press coverage indicates that this is likely to recur in future years because of office vacancies, so the tax increases will happen on an ongoing basis unless Arlington starts spending less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello fellow citizens of Arlington!
Here's the County's new FY 2027 tax increase and budget. We need to pay an average of $400-ish more in annual real estate property tax or $300-ish in annual rent to serve the most vulnerable. Good times huh!

So a small increase to support our community?

Sounds good to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not a one-time increase of $500. The press coverage indicates that this is likely to recur in future years because of office vacancies, so the tax increases will happen on an ongoing basis unless Arlington starts spending less.

It's just a small increase every year. It's fine. It's fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How much more to shut down the data centers?

Arlington does not have any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much more to shut down the data centers?

Arlington does not have any.

Hmm... My Spidey sense is tingling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has a spending problem that is only getting worse every year.

It’s not getting worse. What is happening is that we have less coming in on the commercial side, and the residential has to pick up the slack.

Considering that most people in Arlington can afford the extra $500 easily and would prefer to pay it than make hard choices, I don’t see this getting better. For those of you who can’t, I’m sorry. Between the tariffs and the gas prices, not to mention the gutting of federal assistance in all forms, things are not looking good. But if you do need the social safety net there are worse places to be than Arlington for sure.

I prefer to make a hard choice and do what I want for my $500. And to get any of Arlington's "safety net" you cannot have much income. So retirees who own a paid off house are taxed more but can't get any safety net if couples income is over about $115k and you have $500k in assets other than the house. That's SSA plus modest retirement account

Oh no, if they have too much money and assets they have to contribute their fair share. What a tragedy. Seriously, I don’t even think Boomers know how bad they sound when they talk like this. I don’t want to pay for Robert’s $500k end of life medical care but I’m not claiming a hardship exception.