Property Tax Fairness
From the Center for Municipal Finance

To generate the report, first Download Data. This dataset is a cleaned public dataset we can use.

After downloading the dataset, please run the below R code, for example in RStudio. Remember to replace your output directory” with the path where you want to save the generated report.

library(tidyverse)
library(data.table)
library(cmfproperty)

df <- fread(“output.csv”)

df <- df %>% rename(SALE_YEAR = sale_year, SALE_PRICE = consideration, TAX_YEAR = Tax_Year, ASSESSED_VALUE = AV_TOTAL)

ratios <- cmfproperty::reformat_data(dfsale_col = “SALE_PRICE”assessment_col = “ASSESSED_VALUE”sale_year_col = “SALE_YEAR”)

cmfproperty::make_report(ratiosjurisdiction_name = “Boston City”output_dir = your output directory”) 

Below is a pre-generated example report:

Report