Any taxes should be broad-based and carefully tailored to minimize any adverse economic effects. Property valuations should be equal and uniform across the marketplace, and tax rate rollbacks should closely mirror elevated valuations.

Repealing the property tax revenue cap would allow the city to increase property taxes unrestricted, with no mandate to account for increasing property valuations. We support stop-gap measures that limit the ability of City Council to continue increasing property taxes via valuation increases.

City quality of life regulations should promote economic growth and job creation, and broaden the city’s tax base. Houston BOMA supports logical, reasonable, and fair regulations that give predictability to new development, while allowing for proper assessment of the impacts on local services, infrastructure, and the environment.

BOMA members support a more sustainable environment by reducing the use of energy, water, and other natural resources, using cost-effective means that properly weigh net benefits with the costs to implement. We support voluntary programs that are incentivized through tax rebates or grants.

BOMA supports fully vetted actions and practices that promote exemplary public safety, security, emergency preparedness, and incident prevention in commercial real estate buildings that weigh the net benefits of any proposed regulations with the implementation costs to Houston businesses.

BOMA supports local initiatives that make our government more accountable, transparent, fair, practical, streamlined, and cost-effective. We support the utilization of technology and best business practices to create a more efficient and effective City government focused on serving Houstonians. All fees imposed by the City should be fair, transparent, predictable, and justifiable and directly relate to the cost of the services for which the revenue is being assessed.