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For the first three quarters of 2022, the City of New Orleans Bureau of Treasury has issued 32 revised real estate tax bills for residential properties that the OIG identified as having benefited from homestead exemptions and a senior freeze reduction despite the listed homeowners being deceased. The Assessor’s Office has also removed the homestead exemptions and senior freeze reductions for these properties. According to the Bureau of Treasury, the City of New Orleans is due more than $204,555 in additional property tax revenue from these 32 properties.

For the first and second quarters of 2022, the City of New Orleans Bureau of Treasury has issued 26 Revised Real Estate Tax Bills concerning residential properties that the OIG identified as having benefited from homestead exemptions and a senior freeze reduction, despite the listed homeowners reportedly being deceased. The Assessor’s Office has also removed the homestead exemptions and senior freeze reductions for these properties. According to the Bureau of Treasury, the City of New Orleans is due more than $187,000 in additional property tax revenue from these 26 properties.

The Homestead Exemption is a state exemption for residential property owners. A property owner may be exempt from a portion of property taxes if the owner is eligible for the Homestead Exemption. A domicile is one’s permanent owned residence. A person can have only one domicile. Every homeowner in Orleans Parish is able to claim exemption from property taxes for the first $75,000 of value of their domicile or the home they occupy as their primary residence.

The investigation into this matter was predicated on an email received from an anonymous complainant. The anonymous complainant reported that the homeowners of three residential properties; 2134 Milan Street New Orleans, LA 70115, 2425 Delachaise Street New Orleans, LA70115, and 4030 Vendome Place New Orleans, LA 70125 were deceased, but the current owners of the properties were still receiving a homestead exemption.

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