Cincinnati City Council voted 8-1 in March to approve an overhaul of the residential tax abatement program. Those changes go into effect Sept. 1.

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“This reform is straightforward,” Mayor Aftab Pureval said in a statement to WVXU. “We are significantly lowering tax abatements in our wealthier communities and significantly increasing abatements in our lower income communities to achieve a more equitable result.”