The City of Houston has voted not to raise property taxes. The city council voted unanimously to keep the tax rate at $0.519190 on each $100 of taxable capital—leaving the number unchanged from last year. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

Four of the 16 Houston City Council members face an “uphill battle” in their effort to raise property taxes enough to cover a budget shortfall and disaster costs. Mayor John Whitmire’s administration is proposing no increase,

Houston City Councilmembers are divided over a proposed emergency, one-year property tax increase that would raise the city’s tax rate by more than 5%. The hike, which would raise the city’s tax rate from 52 cents to 55 cents,