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Gloria Harris, a homeowner in northwest Baltimore.
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The Maryland Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit is often referred to as the “forgotten” Property Tax Credit. It could rescue a homeowner from foreclosure or other financial crisis. The Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition says it can be the difference between a homeowner losing or keeping their home.

Gloria Harris has lived in the 4100 block of Boarman Avenue in Northwest Baltimore for 52 years. She tells WBAL News Radio 1090’s Project CommUNITY that the “Take The Credit” campaign has allowed her to remain in her home.

Harris says Francine Hyman, her financial counselor with the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, helped her fill out paper work clearing the way for a grant to help pay her property taxes.

According to the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, a homeowner must meet four basic requirements:

1, Your name must be on the deed.

2. You must live in the house full time.

3. Your net worth must be less than $200,000, not including the value of the house or any qualified retirement savings or Individual Retirement Accounts.

4. Your combined gross household income cannot exceed $60,000.

The Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition also offers The Maryland Renter’s Tax Credit program where credits for seniors over 60 are calculated according to total income, including Social Security income and retirement income.

One of the city’s 13 senior centers where homeowners can get help with the “Take The Credit” program is the Zeta Center for Healthy and Active Aging in the 4500 block of Reisterstown Road in Northwest Baltimore. Jose Jimenez, interim Chief of the Baltimore City Health Department’s Aging Services, says there are more than 700 members who often stop in for help with various matters including property taxes. 

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