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WATCH: An invisible tax: How renters subsidize property owners


Renters pay property taxes—it’s just hidden in your rent.

In 2013, Iowa gave apartment owners a tax break with a promise: they’d pass savings to renters. 12 years later? That never happened.

Now Democrats are proposing $500 rebates for renters. But will renters actually get relief in a state that bans rent control and where Republicans run the show?


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  • Zachary Oren Smith is your friendly neighborhood reporter. He leads Starting Line’s political coverage where he investigates corruption, housing affordability and the future of work. For nearly a decade, he’s written award-winning stories for Iowa Public Radio, The Des Moines Register and Iowa City Press-Citizen. Send your tips on hard news and good food to zach@iowastartingline.com.