I could not have said it better than the two HONORABLE councilmen quoted above^^^^^^^^

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/report-cuyahoga-county-property-tax-delinquencies-balloon-to-578m

Of course, Mr. Frank Ford, has to support the legacy of his Thieving Communities boss - the previous county treasurer Jim Rokakis - you know, the guy who let the "Dirty Dozen" get away for years without paying taxes....

Thanks Tom Meyer at WKYC for mining research by Lilly Miller at REALNEO for this story:
 

www.wkyc.com/story/news/investigations/2015/09/10/investigator-clevelands-wild-west-housing-market/72022486/

 

And though this data is from 2010 - you can also see how the non-profit industry shields real estate from taxation - one of the Rokakis-Frangos specialities including NOT payng taxes at all: 

http://realneo.us/content/44109-cleveland-ohio-tax-exempt-industry-77532830-annual-income

The information was updated in 2013 by AngelnWard14.

Community details

Here are the delinquent amounts by taxing authority (schools, cities, libraries, others) through July 2018 billing cycle. The last column is shown to illustrate how much of a single year of billing could be covered if all overdue taxes were paid. This is the latest information the county was able to provide by district, following the July 2018 payment deadline.

 

Government Current
levy
in 2018
bills Delinquent
for
2018 Total
delinquent Overdue
taxes as
percent
of current
bills

East Cleveland	$1,458,854	$398,854	$3,261,864	223.6%
East Cleveland Library	$1,059,443	$356,500	$1,961,028	185.1%
East Cleveland schools	$10,209,464	$2,361,518	$17,524,006	171.6%
University Hts.	$3,456,658	$268,492	$4,225,739	122.2%
Beachwood schools	$33,476,523	$405,826	$15,497,005	46.3%
North Randall	$221,169	$7,690	$97,061	43.9%
Maple Hts.	$5,161,753	$482,895	$2,053,963	39.8%
Maple Hts. schools	$20,397,771	$1,898,174	$8,073,185	39.6%
Cleveland Library	$30,881,801	$3,612,600	$12,099,288	39.2%
Garfield Hts.	$10,075,627	$707,507	$3,673,846	36.5%
Cleveland schools	$294,195,697	$32,700,386	$106,030,884	36.0%
Cleveland	$74,752,362	$7,643,436	$24,479,163	32.7%
Garfield Hts. schools	$23,891,556	$1,680,300	$6,859,474	28.7%
Warrensville Hts.	$1,897,393	$250,061	$502,367	26.5%
Cleveland Hts.	$10,054,027	$737,106	$2,390,615	23.8%
Newburgh Hts.	$639,319	$45,181	$138,422	21.7%
Linndale	$6,274	$640	$1,241	19.8%
Clevel. Hts. Univ. Hts. schools	$97,301,556	$6,564,717	$18,695,672	19.2%
Cleveland Hts. Library	$8,841,741	$590,830	$1,689,090	19.1%
Bedford	$4,836,158	$256,614	$883,926	18.3%
Warrensville Hts. schools	$24,114,995	$1,155,255	$4,203,494	17.4%
Euclid Library	$3,103,654	$204,859	$534,234	17.2%
Euclid schools	$50,069,533	$3,250,614	$8,391,710	16.8%
Oakwood	$451,464	$24,708	$71,015	15.7%
Euclid	$5,103,954	$313,390	$785,409	15.4%
Highland Hills	$330,134	$10,014	$46,803	14.2%
Richmond Hts.	$3,700,334	$318,691	$497,716	13.5%
Cuyahoga Community College	$124,697,510	$5,822,767	$16,271,423	13.0%
Cuyahoga County	$389,309,421	$18,178,238	$50,799,001	13.0%
Cleveland Metroparks	$76,094,193	$3,553,771	$9,929,101	13.0%
Clev. Cuy. County Port Authority	$3,208,239	$149,322	$416,377	13.0%
Richmond Hts. schools	$13,494,455	$1,034,312	$1,735,777	12.9%
Bedford schools	$36,660,628	$1,505,890	$4,557,314	12.4%
Bedford Hts.	$4,817,860	$198,328	$534,633	11.1%
South Euclid	$6,964,172	$367,664	$755,369	10.8%
Woodmere	$238,581	$16,098	$24,015	10.1%
Shaker Hts. Library	$3,129,819	$116,236	$311,580	10.0%
Shaker Hts. schools	$84,277,522	$3,075,251	$8,173,655	9.7%
Shaker Hts.	$8,843,939	$322,691	$736,137	8.3%
Bratenahl	$1,380,168	$86,154	$110,046	8.0%
Cuyahoga Hts.	$503,380	$7,430	$37,799	7.5%
Brooklyn Hts.	$368,406	$17,694	$26,460	7.2%
S. Euclid Lyndhurst schools	$51,146,787	$1,863,966	$3,625,529	7.1%
Lakewood schools	$62,025,905	$3,043,506	$4,281,937	6.9%
Lakewood Library	$2,275,072	$110,884	$156,697	6.9%
Olmsted Falls	$1,955,658	$55,304	$132,725	6.8%
Lakewood	$16,576,973	$782,452	$1,110,376	6.7%
Olmsted Falls schools	$27,932,354	$604,093	$1,639,709	5.9%
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center JVS	$6,464,208	$160,128	$368,861	5.7%
Cuyahoga County Library	$43,207,704	$1,187,166	$2,401,370	5.6%
Berea	$4,852,805	$132,184	$266,655	5.5%
Middleburg Hts.	$2,471,220	$92,726	$134,773	5.5%
Parma schools	$113,191,612	$3,656,667	$5,993,321	5.3%
Chagrin Falls	$1,709,688	$55,691	$90,037	5.3%
Parma	$11,233,288	$373,619	$590,417	5.3%
Cuyahoga Hts. schools	$11,853,917	$274,955	$606,092	5.1%
Parma Hts.	$3,062,439	$76,033	$154,784	5.1%
Chagrin Falls Twp.	$96,926	$2,975	$4,589	4.7%
Orange	$1,341,221	$38,972	$63,290	4.7%
Berea schools	$69,228,399	$2,085,239	$3,204,713	4.6%
Gates Mills	$2,664,127	$93,179	$118,532	4.4%
Chagrin Falls schools	$21,075,805	$614,996	$930,888	4.4%
Broadview Hts.	$6,210,696	$150,507	$262,164	4.2%
Independence	$2,584,207	$50,018	$108,441	4.2%
Mayfield Hts.	$5,222,368	$164,484	$218,825	4.2%
Walton Hills	$46,417	$862	$1,929	4.2%
Solon schools	$63,601,009	$1,562,816	$2,538,543	4.0%
Solon	$4,294,289	$104,487	$170,270	4.0%
Bentleyville	$499,981	$15,616	$19,464	3.9%
Brecksville Broad. Hts. schools	$48,937,541	$1,135,186	$1,898,705	3.9%
Brook Park	$1,965,013	$49,890	$75,770	3.9%
Mayfield	$1,859,206	$13,783	$70,687	3.8%
Lyndhurst	$4,917,218	$94,837	$179,756	3.7%
Mayfield schools	$74,935,047	$1,815,372	$2,722,806	3.6%
Brooklyn	$1,808,356	$38,674	$65,103	3.6%
Polaris JVS	$14,386,185	$317,766	$515,299	3.6%
Brooklyn schools	$15,619,781	$328,655	$552,731	3.5%
Olmsted Twp.	$5,164,010	$71,036	$178,517	3.5%
North Olmsted	$10,820,864	$212,949	$369,913	3.4%
Seven Hills	$4,760,884	$93,993	$156,666	3.3%
Rocky River	$8,122,604	$164,184	$259,559	3.2%
Independence schools	$18,250,160	$282,090	$573,233	3.1%
Orange schools	$50,967,544	$1,082,955	$1,582,798	3.1%
Rocky River Library	$3,814,961	$73,072	$117,370	3.1%
Rocky River schools	$40,342,966	$752,648	$1,233,850	3.1%
Moreland Hills	$1,891,354	$40,352	$55,755	2.9%
Bay Village	$8,155,613	$147,387	$234,409	2.9%
Bay Village schools	$32,324,335	$570,960	$928,162	2.9%
North Royalton	$5,905,936	$109,972	$166,166	2.8%
North Olmsted schools	$49,427,400	$1,517,803	$1,329,909	2.7%
Brecksville	$4,980,791	$99,958	$131,149	2.6%
Westlake Library	$3,841,278	$77,030	$100,368	2.6%
Westlake schools	$53,911,754	$1,062,924	$1,381,710	2.6%
North Royalton schools	$48,647,803	$887,580	$1,244,561	2.6%
Valley View	$1,080,051	$18,968	$27,023	2.5%
Highland Hts.	$1,663,821	$22,207	$40,224	2.4%
Strongsville schools	$66,851,919	$1,194,289	$1,580,367	2.4%
Fairview Park schools	$21,130,672	$343,872	$489,210	2.3%
Fairview Park	$4,567,007	$70,999	$103,506	2.3%
Pepper Pike	$4,111,955	$61,214	$92,235	2.2%
Glenwillow	$421,228	$5,397	$9,277	2.2%
Strongsville	$12,550,407	$206,599	$273,105	2.2%
Westlake	$18,294,071	$273,672	$356,835	2.0%
Hunting Valley	$1,071,568	$14,184	$14,504	1.4%
Beachwood	$8,192,115	$38,559	$46,694	0.6%

 

Why would any young person want to stay in Cleveland, or even the suburbs??  Are they nuts?  And, the Greater Cleveland Partnership keeps asking us for more - with NEOMG propaganda on the schools and the City of Cleveland budget.

It is no surprise that Frank Jackson will soon be asking residents to raise the income tax level.  And, Frank's GCP handlers are fairly confident that their puppet can deliver the vote.  Afterall, he was able to sell the schools plan levy, too.

I really can't take it any more.  Thank you to Chuck Hoven at the Cleveland Plain Press for his real analysis of the school numbers:

https://plainpress.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/february-2016-plain-press-pdf/

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Phillip Morris sings praise of fake messiah Rokakis-WRLC at behest of his editors:

http://www.cleveland.com/morris/index.ssf/2016/04/east_clevelands_limited_dowry.html

My comment which will be deleted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please read my posts above - Cleveland and Cuyahoga County are living on borrowed time.  Greater Cleveland Partnership (aka Forest City control) encouraged Jackson to raise income tax - but it's a stop gap measure that doesn't address the root decline of a tax base in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and, now, announced - State of Ohio.  Reduced taxes collected=Reduced services.  Kasich won't increase the state income tax rate on an already struggling populace and a depressed Ohio economy. That would be insanity.  

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/06/Kasich_warns_of_recession_as_state_tax_take_remains_depressed.html

 

I attended 11/17 Metroparks Board meeting where it was announced that the Park District would ask for temporary advance on their 2016 funds (normally received in 2017). This is not how any local government and non-governmental organization survives.

http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/Uploads/Public/BoardMeetingArchives/Audio/Media/11-17-16%20Board%20Meeting.WMA (9:00 in the minutes)

 

 
Another study - and *suprise* the answer to the problem? MORE Demolitions! When does the PD and Clevelanddotcom stop promoting the mobsters who are behind this "study?" Some of us have been doing research, too? Guess what?! The insane "non-profit" industry in NEO is the problem. Oh, and the two crooks who set up CDCs and non-profits, like Cleveland Housing Network, Neighborhood Housing Services, Centers for Families, ad nauseum - they are the problem. Cuyahoga County's former treasurer and deputy treasurer. If I post their names, my comment will be deleted. Read the posts on CHN-Eden fraud at REALNEO dot us.

https://www.cleveland.com/expo/news/erry-2018/09/98d840d9fa7358/cleveland-housing-market-bears.html

 

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-15-year-tax-abatement-policy-change

Henry Senyak, with the Lincoln Heights Block Club in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood, believes the 15-year abatement was a good idea when it started 20 years ago, but now he feels the abatement in fast-growing neighborhoods is artificially driving up property values and property taxes for longtime homeowners, many whom are on fixed incomes

Comments:

The Plain Dealer: Michelle I'm not sure how old you are, but in 2000 we were just coming off all the programs that were the beginning of this collapse, the economy was cranking, and money was being lent like crazy. Home values were artificially inflated. They weren't better off which is why the bubble of their inflated value busted. I've lived in the city my entire life and work as a contractor in the same area today. I'd guess you are either new to the area, never been to half the neighborhoods, or are under 30 years old. The reasons the outer suburbs didn't feel the hammer from the recession is because a higher amount of them live in a real estate model that is recession proof to being with. Another issue you have is that outer suburb demographic is predominantly white, or at least was at that time. The policies that started the ball rolling on the housing bubble were given loans to minorities who were not credit worthy in the name of giving everyone the american dream of owning a home. Finally you had mass corruption in Cleveland where people could make money quick flipping low cost homes using banks and elected officials to quickly inflate home value after purchase.



You can have all the charts you want. Prices in Hough, Glenville, St. Clair etc are never coming back. Nobody wants to move to a war zone. That's the issue, not the recession. 



Then again I'm guessing you didn't spend much time in Hough or King Kennedy or hanging out on Ansel Rd before or after the recession 

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I've never heard such rumblings among residents wanting to leave the county until after the latest property tax increases were received a few weeks ago. County officials with their arbitrary and unexplained massive revaluations are doing their best to drive their tax base away.

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The city in which I reside, Cleveland Heights, while unnamed in your story directly, is presumably one of the places being “left behind” in our current real estate market. And though there are definitely demographic forces at play here having to do with the foreclosure crisis (abandoned properties, change in percentage of home ownership, increasing rentals, etc) there are two other factors at work as well: philanthropic redlining and lack of governmental vision. 

In CLE neighborhoods that are thriving The Cleveland Foundation has lavished grant money on local development corporations and key nonprofit agencies. At the same time it has shut the door in the face of groups in the inner ring suburbs who have come to them with plans and purpose. In the Heights the mantra is that there is wealth in the community, and that philanthropic assistance is not needed - presumably we can do it ourselves with one of the highest tax burdens in the state and quickly increasing poverty. The Cleveland Foundation, with assets of over $2 billion, more than that of many developing nations, has effectively redlined our city while creating a “new neighborhood) in adjacent University Circle, sucking the life out of our retail and housing markets for the distinction of having a neighborhood to take tours to when other funders come to town. Our backwards-focused city government (still funding “fair housing” with CDBG dollars in a city almost 50% African American) that refuses to adopt representative, accountable governance also bears a big portion of responsibility. Yes, the foreclosure crisis continues in some East Side areas but let’s be clear that it’s not the only factor worth calling out.