Board of Review 2026 assessment appeal recommendations
At a glance
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- What: the annual review of property assessment appeals. The outside hearing-officer firm Hammerman & Gainer (HGI) heard 531 appeals this year and recommended outcomes; the City Council, sitting as the Board of Review, votes on them.
- Where it stands: on 2026-10-15 the board adopted the report with a change for 41 properties (see Assessor's challenge to 41 appeal recommendations), passing the exhibit to Resolution R-26-1 as amended and a second resolution certifying the roll to the Louisiana Tax Commission, both seven to none.
- Numbers reported: 531 files (716 last year, 618 the year before; 6,227 in the four-year reappraisal year). Hearing officers agreed with the Assessor's Office on 238 (about 44.5%) and recommended no change on 15 personal-property claims. Source valuations were about 87.5 million dollars against 70.5 million recommended, a 17 million dollar gap, or 11.8% measured from last year's certified assessments, which HGI called consistent with its 14 years of work.
- Process points: open rolls (30 days, in public), then HGI open appeals, then a recommendation to the board; the board does not set rates. Owners can still appeal to the Louisiana Tax Commission.
- Questions raised: how a property can be reduced more than once in a four-year period (answer: changed condition such as renovation, fire, damage or pending demolition, or new information); and why apartment complexes in District E were reduced for vacancies (answer: multi-family values use the income approach, on rent rolls and expenses). Councilmember Hughes was uneasy that figures from owners are taken at face value, not under oath.
- Next: the next open-rolls period is July 15 to August 17, 2027.
Sources
Discussion time
About 12 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 - Orleans Parish Board of Review | 12 |
Log
- 2026-10-15 - Orleans Parish Board of Review - HGI presented the 531-appeal report; questions on repeat reductions and vacancy-based reductions; resolutions adopted 7-0 and certified to the Louisiana Tax Commission.