{
  "dataset": "statistics.json",
  "title": "Texas homestead exemption statistics",
  "description": "Dated, sourced figures: 2025 proposition vote results, unclaimed exemption estimates, complaint counts.",
  "publisher": "ExemptBack",
  "url": "https://exemptback.com/datasets/statistics.json",
  "landingPage": "https://exemptback.com/data",
  "license": {
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-11-07",
  "lawVerified": "2026-11-05",
  "jurisdiction": "Texas, United States",
  "sources": [],
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "prop13-vote",
      "label": "Proposition 13 (2025) approval",
      "value": "79.41% yes (2,348,815 votes) to 20.59% no (609,203 votes)",
      "date": "2025-11-04",
      "sources": [
        "https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Increase_Homestead_Property_Tax_Exemption_Amendment_(2025)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "prop11-vote",
      "label": "Proposition 11 (2025) approval",
      "value": "77.68% yes (2,294,314 votes) to 22.32% no (659,066 votes)",
      "date": "2025-11-04",
      "sources": [
        "https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Increase_Homestead_Tax_Exemption_for_Elderly_and_Disabled_Amendment_(2025)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dallas-unclaimed",
      "label": "Dallas County properties that may qualify but are not claiming a homestead exemption (estimate)",
      "value": "About 57,000",
      "date": "2026-09-05",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/thousands-of-dallas-county-homeowners-may-be-missing-a-property-tax-break/4072463/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ag-complaints",
      "label": "Complaints to the Texas Attorney General about paid \"designation of homestead\" offers",
      "value": "More than 100",
      "date": null,
      "sources": [
        "https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/ag-paxton-issues-consumer-alert-on-misleading-homestead-tax-exemption-off"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "designation-fee",
      "label": "Example fee charged by a \"designation of homestead\" mailer",
      "value": "$45",
      "date": "2018-07",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Some-area-residents-confused-by-45-homestead-designation-offer-487949901.html"
      ]
    }
  ]
}