Property Tax Relief

Tax delinquency is the single greatest indicator of property distress and can result in the displacement of limited-income homeowners. The Housing Resiliency Fund preserves Nashville’s affordable housing.

Get Help With Davidson Co. Property Taxes

Powered by Amazon, The Housing Resiliency Fund was established to help preserve homeownership for individuals and families who may be facing property distress as a result of economic instability.

Goal: To help ensure low-to moderate-income families can remain in their homes and sustain their long-term financial stability, despite a steep increase in property taxes throughout Nashville-Davidson County.

Function: The Housing Resiliency Fund helps pay for increases to homeowners’ existing property-tax bills that have occurred since the most recent reassessment of Davidson Co. property values. The fund operates as a grant to individuals and does not require participants to pay back any funds received. The program is currently designed to provide one year of property-tax relief to qualifying Nashville homeowners.

Funding: As part of a focus on mitigating housing displacement and ensuring current residents can remain in their chosen community, residing in a home they can afford, Amazon’s Housing Equity initiative has stepped up as major sponsor for THRF through a generous donation to The Housing Fund.

When to Apply: Applications from Davidson County homeowners and landlords are being accepted on a rolling basis, based on funding availability.

Landlords

The Housing Fund also offers property-tax relief to nonprofits or small landlords that are providing subsidized or naturally-occurring affordable housing. This relief can be used to put funds back into rental units to maintain their affordability, or it can recoup to the landlord. If you have already paid your property taxes for the year, you can still apply and have property-tax relief sent to you in the form of a reimbursement.

How Do I Apply?

The following checklist should help you determine your eligibility for assistance with property-tax relief from The Housing Resiliency Fund.

If the answer to either of these questions is No, please visit the website for the Office of the Metropolitan Trustee to review other options for financial assistance.

Bank statement
Property Tax statement
Mortgage Statement with coupon attached, if applicable
Copy of your Driver’s License
A utility bill- water, electric, etc.
Other forms of verification

What People Say

Help with my property taxes through the Housing Resiliency Fund helped me tremendously. I’m thankful as this gift has had a positive impact on my life and that of my two sons. I shared information about this program with others because we all need some positivity and support: THF did just that for me and my family.

The Housing Resiliency Fund has been such a blessing from the start. We weren’t sure how we were going to take care of our property taxes, and The Housing Fund made applying for grant assistance an easy process for us. This program is such a relief, and we are so grateful. Bless you all and keep making a different in the community!

As a single working mom, paying my property taxes along with other bills and the cost of maintaining my house was overwhelming. So I asked the Davidson County Trustee for help and they referred me to THF. The Housing Resiliency Fund not only served as financial support, it gave me the encouragement I needed to keep working hard so I can raise my child to be a productive citizen. Words aren’t adequate to express my gratitude: I hope The Housing Fund keeps blessing more families in the future.

Through the Housing Resiliency Fund, I personally was touched by The Housing Fund’s willingness to provide property-tax relief to Nashville families that are struggling each and every day to survive hard times. May God continue to give THF staff strength, wisdom, and knowledge so they can keep reaching families that are unable to help themselves. My family is very grateful for your support; we extend our sincerest gratitude for this generosity.

We are retirees living primarily off our Social Security income, and we helped support our daughter through alcohol rehabilitation for most of last year. When we got our property tax bill, we didn’t know how we would come up with the funds, and so called the Trustee’s Office to ask about options. The Housing Fund was kind and delivered. We so appreciate The Housing Resiliency Fund and can now feel a bit more relaxed about holding onto our property in Nashville.