"Across Massachusetts, municipalities are increasingly asking voters to raise their property taxes above a state limit of no more than 2.5 percent a year, with mixed results as local officials grapple with inflation and rising costs for utilities, health insurance, pensions, special education, and other items.
Over the last three years, the number of votes to raise property taxes over the state limit, established in the 1980s under Proposition 2½, has increased sharply, with more than 170 override votes held, according to a Globe review of state data. By comparison, roughly two dozen override votes occurred each year during the six previous years, except in 2018 when there were more than 40."
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| Communities that sought overrides are scattered across Massachusetts, representing less than half of the state’s 351 municipalities. Many of them held more than one vote |
Also reinforcing this point is the MMA Report shared previously
