Housing
Property Tax Postponement
Lets a homeowner who is a senior, blind, or has a disability defer current year property taxes on their principal residence. The State Controller states the criteria include at least 40 percent equity in the home and an annual household income of 55,181 dollars or less. The deferred tax is secured by a lien on the property and has to be repaid eventually, so it postpones a bill rather than cancelling it.
How to apply
Applications are released in September and the filing period runs from 1 October to 10 February. The 2025 to 2026 filing period has closed. Call (800) 952-5661 or email [email protected] to be added to the mailing list for the next one.
What we screen on
These are the rules the checker actually uses. Every one carries the source it was read from and the date it was read, so you can check us.
- Household income at or below 4,598 dollars a month.
What we will not tell you
We will not tell you that you qualify for this, because that is the agency's decision and not ours. We screen against the rules above, we show which ones we could check, and we say plainly when a rule exists that we do not hold.