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Board of tax assessors keeps approving late homestead exemption filings for 2025

Habersham County property owners who missed the homestead exemption deadline for Tax Year 2025 are still being added to an approved late-filing list each month.

By NEGA Brief Newsroom

At a glance

What this means now

Where it stands

The board has continued approving the same Tax Year 2025 late listing into 2026, with unanimous votes in January and again in February.

The story

The Habersham County Board of Tax Assessors began approving a "Late Income" listing of homestead exemption applications for Tax Year 2025 in late October 2025, voting unanimously to accept the list.

SourcesMeeting4748_10.28.25 BOA Minutes.pdf

The board repeated the same approval at its next several meetings in November and December 2025, each time voting unanimously to approve the Tax Year 2025 late-income homestead exemption listing.

SourcesMeeting4749_11.13.25 BOA Minutes.pdfMeeting4750_November 25 Minutes.pdfMeeting4750_November 25.pdfMeeting4751_December 9 Minutes.pdf

The board has continued approving the same Tax Year 2025 late listing into 2026, with unanimous votes in January and again in February.

SourcesMeeting5292_01.13.26 BOA Minutes.pdfMeeting5294_February 10.pdf

What happened

How this issue got here

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2025 Late Income homestead exemption listing

Motion made by John King to approve the listing of the Late Income for homestead exemption applications for Tax Year 2025; seconded by Sonya Turgeon; voted unanimously to approve motion.

Approved
confirmed

2025 Late Income homestead exemption listing

Turgeon to approve the listing of the Late Income for homestead exemption

Approved
confirmed

2025 Late Income Listing for homestead exemption applications

Motion made by Sonya Turgeon to approve the listing of the Late Income for homestead exemption applications for Tax Year 2025

Approved
confirmed

Homestead exemption late income listing for Tax Year 2025

Motion made by Sonya Turgeon to approve the listing of the Late Income for homestead exemption applications for Tax Year 2025; seconded by John King; voted unanimously to approve motion.

Appeared on agenda
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Homestead exemption: 2025 late income listing

2025 Late Income Listing

Approved
confirmed

Late Income homestead exemption applications for Tax Year 2025

Motion made by Sonya Turgeon to approve the listing of the Late Income for homestead exemption applications for Tax Year 2025

Approved
confirmed

Late Income listing for homestead exemption applications, Tax Year 2025

Motion made by John King to approve the listing of the Late Income for homestead exemption applications for Tax Year 2025; seconded by Denise York; voted unanimously to approve

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