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I'm not sure where your friend lives, but my county (perhaps state level, but county for sure) exempts property tax for those with a permanent disability. I read the requirements and it was really reasonable to prove eligobility.

I understand that this doesn't fully solve the issue in that your friend, if to take advantage of this has to move, but it might be worth seeing if there are similar options around where she lives.

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What if I'm not disabled. And healthy in part because I bought a property with hard earned already taxed money, and retired early?

The taxman says not enough. I should borrow money I don't have or sell for a cheaper place just to cover for the state's inability to do with sales tax

Sounds like you retired too early and are learning the lesson the hard way. Some parts of tax code suck, but that specific problem is self induced.

I live in a country with a 0% property tax.

So no self induced problem, which doesn't even exist for me.

Then tough shit. Should not have retired so early.

It may be hard to believe, but some people express political opinions that are not entirely biased toward their own self-interest.

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