{"id":13437,"date":"2017-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/umtalsverd-laekkun-a-fasteignaskatti-eldri-borgara-i-hafnarfirdi\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:32","slug":"a-significant-reduction-in-property-tax-for-senior-citizens-in-hafnarfjordur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/umtalsverd-laekkun-a-fasteignaskatti-eldri-borgara-i-hafnarfirdi\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant reduction in property tax for senior citizens in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Discount on property tax<br \/>\nThe number of pension and disability benefit recipients will increase significantly in the coming year, according to<br \/>\na proposal that the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Town Council approved at its meeting yesterday. Income threshold<br \/>\nwill be increased and more people will benefit from the discount. An increase is expected<br \/>\nthe benchmark will be about 30% above the 11.4% rise in the wage index in 2016.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A couple could therefore have up to 6,405,500 in earnings to qualify for 100%.<br \/>\ndiscount. A married couple's total earnings could be up to 6,851,500 to receive 75%<br \/>\ndiscount, up to 7,297,700 to get a 50% discount and up to 7,742,300 to get<br \/>\n25%. A discount for individuals is granted from 5,013.00 (100%) to<br \/>\n5.347.200 (25%)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>,With these measures,<br \/>\nmaking it possible for more elderly residents in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur to live longer in their own homes<br \/>\nhousing than otherwise, and I believe that the local council is showing a certain leadership in them.<br \/>\nmaterials,\u201c says R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, chair of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur town council. \"It is<br \/>\nIt is pleasing that in light of improved results and the success of the optimisation measures<br \/>\nIn recent years, it has been possible in this way to let the town's residents enjoy it, and it will<br \/>\nThe change will undoubtedly come as a relief to many.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>The town council unanimously agreed that<br \/>\nRefer the proposal to the town council for final disposal.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Afsl\u00e1ttur \u00e1 fasteignaskatti ellil\u00edfeyris- og \u00f6rorku\u00feega mun aukast umtalsvert \u00e1 komandi \u00e1ri samkv\u00e6mt till\u00f6gu sem b\u00e6jarr\u00e1\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar sam\u00feykkti \u00e1 fundi s\u00ednum \u00ed g\u00e6r. Tekjuvi\u00f0mi\u00f0 ver\u00f0a h\u00e6kku\u00f0 og fleiri nj\u00f3ta afsl\u00e1ttar.&nbsp;Gert er r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 h\u00e6kkun vi\u00f0mi\u00f0a ver\u00f0i um 30% umfram 11,4% h\u00e6kkun \u00e1 launav\u00edsit\u00f6lu \u00e1ri\u00f0 2016.&nbsp; Hj\u00f3n m\u00e6ttu \u00feannig hafa allt a\u00f0 6.405.500 \u00ed laun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13437"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}