Property Tax Fairness
From the Center for Municipal Finance
To generate the report, first download the 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(readstata13)
library(cmfproperty)
df <- readRDS(“nola_joined.RDS”)
df <- df %>% mutate(SALE_PRICE = sale_price, SALE_YEAR = year, TAX_YEAR = SALE_YEAR, ASSESSED_VALUE = total_assessed_value)
ratios <- cmfproperty::reformat_data(df, sale_col = “SALE_PRICE”, assessment_col = “ASSESSED_VALUE”, sale_year_col = “SALE_YEAR”)
cmfproperty::make_report(ratios, jurisdiction_name = “New Orleans City”, output_dir = “your output directory”)
Below is a pre-generated example report: