In Alvin, Texas, homeowners could soon be paying more to stay in their homes and keep up with monthly utility bills.<\/p>\n
City officials presented a proposed budget earlier this month that would raise both property taxes and utility costs.<\/p>\n
Here’s what to know<\/p>\n
According to The Alvin Sun<\/a>, under the spending plan city staff delivered, the city would levy 70.0635 cents in property tax for every $100 of taxable value in 2026-2027, compared with the current 68.5-cent rate.<\/p>\n That figure sits more than 4 cents above Alvin’s 66.0463-cent no-new-revenue rate, the level that would bring in roughly the same total property tax revenue as the previous year based on updated property values.<\/p>\n Based on the staff proposal, the owner of an average Alvin home would owe $86.60 more over the year. The average home value is rising from $206,031 to $215,567, which comes out to about $7.22 more per month, the Sun reported.<\/p>\n The City Council set the upper limit for the tax rate through a record tax vote. The final rate can still be lowered during the remainder of the budget process, but it cannot go above that ceiling.<\/p>\n More background<\/p>\n Taxes are only part of the picture under the proposed budget. Alvin households would also face a 13% increase in utility rates if the plan is approved.<\/p>\n Monthly water bills would rise across usage tiers. The Sun reported the residential base charge for 2,000 gallons would move from $27.15 to $30.68. Customers using between 2,000 and 7,000 gallons would pay $7.83 per 1,000 gallons instead of $6.93, while usage above 7,000 gallons per month would be billed at $11.98 per 1,000 gallons rather than $10.60.<\/p>\n Sewer service is also slated for higher charges. The residential base 2,000-gallon sewer charge would go from $42.08 to $47.55, and the volume charge would increase from $6.93 to $7.83 per 1,000 gallons.<\/p>\n Garbage collection costs are expected to rise as well.<\/p>\n A tax-rate public hearing is tentatively scheduled for later this month.<\/p>\n A separate public hearing on the full budget is scheduled in September during the same City Council session when both items are expected to be voted on, the Sun reported.<\/p>\n Even if the final rate is set below the current ceiling, the proposal shows how quickly housing-related costs can climb when taxes, water, sewer, and trash charges all increase at the same time.<\/p>\n Get TCD’s free newsletters<\/a> for easy tips, smart advice, and a chance to earn $5,000 toward home upgrades. To see more stories like this one, change your Google preferences here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Alvin, Texas, homeowners could soon be paying more to stay in their homes and keep up with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4606,6608,2063,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-415104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-city-officials","tag-property-tax","tag-property-taxes","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}