The Clay County Board of Commissioners approved a two-year extension of support for the “Make Moorhead Home Property Tax Rebate” program and set a date for a public hearing on the matter in its regular meeting on Tuesday in Moorhead.
The “Make Moorhead Home Property Tax Rebate” was begun in 2012 after several flood events, and is based upon the assessed property value on Jan. 2 of each of the two years following the date a new home is completed.
Major floods in 1997, 2009-11 prompted the city and county to come up with solutions to foster building and population growth after a few flood-affected homes were removed…