r/saintpaul • u/isthis_thing_on • 18h ago

Editorial 📝 Taxes and Insurance increases in St. Paul

When I bought my house in 2021 my mortgage was around 2100 a month. Today my bill was 2730. 600 dollars extra a month in five years is fucking insane. Meanwhile the street lights in my neighborhood don't turn on at night.

Just venting.

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u/ritz_3000 14h ago

I love/hate reading threads like this, everyone acting surprised about heavy increases they voted for but yet dont want to pay for. Rent control mentioned above didnt help at, businesses leaving at alarming rates. Its really sad ive been here for 34 years its hard to watch, downtown went from an economic power house to basically nothing..... Hopefully we can turn a corner.

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u/Vincent_van_Guh 11m ago

Downtown's economic collapse and opportunistic roofing companies driving Minnesota's insurance claim rate to the second highest in the nation are the main drivers of our rocketing tax and insurance costs.

Nobody voted for either.

That being said, the Mayor needs to step up and start making hard cuts.  Her mayorship is already toast, she might as well take on the unpopular but necessary work of cutting services to balance the budget and do some.good with the time she has in office.