[SecAmndmt]

Neither primary residences nor churches should pay property taxes. Church has are non-profit organizations.

Churches located on valuable land would be forced to move. Moreover, there would be pressure to use eminent domain if they refused to give up prime land.

What you have against churches?

[Salvation]

**Churches located on valuable land would be forced to move.**

Not if they have a workable plan for that land.

[Svartalfiar]

Neither primary residences nor churches should pay property taxes.

But how do you prevent someone from over-landing their primary residence? Is there a limit on size? Can a married couple have a 10acre 30bedroom mansion, and not pay anything? If I own an apartment complex, and live in one of the units, can I declare the entire property as my primary residence? After all, it is contiguous and I live on it.

I don't have a great answer for this, but at a minimum you should be unable to have your land stolen for non-payment of property taxes. Simply cease any and all city services covered by the taxes until such time as the homeowner is paid up. (Water/trash is use based fees separately billed, so you can't claim this makes the location unliveable.) I bet most insurances won't cover you if you aren't covered by police/fire, so that's a risk people will have to take, and a good incentive to not do this. BUT, either way, the city is not allowed to lien/garnish/foreclose/etc on you simply for not paying property taxes.