To the Texas Legislature, the Governor of Texas, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, the Speaker of the Texas House, county officials, school boards, and every public official who claims to stand for private property rights:

We, the undersigned, demand the elimination of property taxes in Texas.

Texas was built on freedom, independence, family, land, work, and ownership. But today, millions of Texans are being forced to live under a system that says: you never truly own your home. You only rent it from the government.

You can work for decades.
You can save every dollar.
You can buy the land.
You can build the house.
You can pay off the mortgage.
You can improve it, maintain it, protect it, and pass it down to your children.

But if you fail to pay the government’s never-ending property tax bill, the government can still come after what you already paid for.

That is not true ownership.

That is a permanent government claim on private property.

Property taxes punish homeowners for improving their homes. They punish families for staying rooted. They punish seniors on fixed incomes. They punish farmers, ranchers, small business owners, landlords, renters, and working families. They turn rising appraisals into a hidden tax increase. They force people to fight appraisal districts year after year just to keep the government from pricing them out of their own homes.

Texas politicians keep calling it “relief.” But relief is not abolition.

A bigger exemption does not end the problem.
A temporary rate cut does not end the problem.
A political promise does not end the problem.
A rebate does not end the problem.

The problem is the tax itself.

Texas has no state property tax, yet local property taxes continue to crush homeowners through cities, counties, school districts, hospital districts, special districts, and other taxing units. Texans are told to be grateful for relief while the system remains intact and the bill keeps coming back every single year.

Enough.

If Texas can ban a state income tax, Texas can end the tax on homeownership.

If Texas can protect private property in speeches, Texas can protect it in law.

If lawmakers can find billions for spending, they can find the courage to reform how government is funded without forcing Texans to pay forever just to keep what they already own.

We are not asking for chaos. We are asking for a responsible, permanent transition away from ad valorem property taxation. Schools, public safety, roads, debt obligations, and essential services must be addressed through a transparent replacement plan. But that plan must not preserve the broken system under a new name.

We demand legislation and, if necessary, a constitutional amendment that will:

Abolish recurring property taxes in Texas.
Set future ad valorem tax rates to zero.
Stop local governments from reviving property taxes under another label.
Protect homeowners from future property-tax foreclosure.
Require a real transition plan for schools, public safety, debt obligations, roads, emergency services, and essential local services.
Force government to fund public priorities transparently instead of using rising appraisals as an automatic revenue machine.
This is about more than taxes.

This is about whether Texans truly own their homes, farms, ranches, businesses, and land, or whether government owns them and merely allows citizens to stay as long as the annual payment arrives.

A paid-off home should mean security.

A family home should not become a government hostage.

A senior citizen should not be taxed out of the house they spent a lifetime paying for.

A young family should not be priced out of the American Dream because government keeps raising the cost of ownership.

A rancher, farmer, veteran, widow, small business owner, or retired Texan should not have to beg an appraisal board for mercy every year.

Texas must lead the nation by ending this broken system.

We call on every elected official in Texas to stop hiding behind temporary relief and take a clear stand:

End property taxes in Texas. End the tax on ownership. Let Texans truly own their homes.

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