The Reality Check 10 2 26
Oct 5, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min · 21 segments
Cohost Suzette Bagneris
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- Suzette BagnerisHostGerod StevensHostShantrice DialGuestRoyce DePlessisGuest
Oct 5, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min · 21 segments
Cohost Suzette Bagneris
This amendment is basically about whether a surviving spouse should lose a veteran-related property tax break just because he or she moves to another house.
Louisiana already gives additional property tax exemptions to veterans with qualifying service-connected disabilities.
Amendment 1 would allow a surviving spouse who already receives that exemption to transfer it one time to another home that qualifies for the homestead exemption.
So, you know, let's say, you know, you want to move from Camelot Drive to Cerise Avenue.
The transferred benefit cannot be worth more than the exemption the spouse received on home number one.
The benefit stays the same when you move from one house to another and you can only do that one time.
Think about the widow of a disabled veteran who lives in the same house for 25 years.
The question is, should moving cost her to lose the tax benefit connected to her deceased spouse's military service? The amendment says the benefit can follow her one time to the new house she purchases.
The broader issue is that every property tax exemption has a cost somewhere in the system because that property produces less tax revenue for the city.
But this is a narrowly defined population, and the Constitution already recognizes the underlying veteran exemption.
So this amendment is really about can she move from one house to another and not forfeit something she already had a right to receive, rather than creating an entirely new class of a benefit, right? So once we've decided a surviving spouse qualifies for this benefit, This amendment says, should she be allowed to keep it?
I think our veterans, our disabled veterans who became disabled in a service-connected disability deserve this.
This amendment is basically about whether a surviving spouse should lose a veteran-related property tax break just because he or she moves to another house.
Louisiana already gives additional property tax exemptions to veterans with qualifying service-connected disabilities.
Amendment 1 would allow a surviving spouse who already receives that exemption to transfer it one time to another home that qualifies for the homestead exemption.
So, you know, let's say, you know, you want to move from Camelot Drive to Cerise Avenue.
The transferred benefit cannot be worth more than the exemption the spouse received on home number one.
The benefit stays the same when you move from one house to another and you can only do that one time.
Think about the widow of a disabled veteran who lives in the same house for 25 years.
The question is, should moving cost her to lose the tax benefit connected to her deceased spouse's military service? The amendment says the benefit can follow her one time to the new house she purchases.
The broader issue is that every property tax exemption has a cost somewhere in the system because that property produces less tax revenue for the city.
But this is a narrowly defined population, and the Constitution already recognizes the underlying veteran exemption.
So this amendment is really about can she move from one house to another and not forfeit something she already had a right to receive, rather than creating an entirely new class of a benefit, right? So once we've decided a surviving spouse qualifies for this benefit, This amendment says, should she be allowed to keep it?
I think our veterans, our disabled veterans who became disabled in a service-connected disability deserve this.
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