Property Tax Refund (Senior Freeze)
The Senior Reimbursement Program is intended to Deadline for 2022 applications is October 31, 2023. This program reimburses increases in property taxes or mobile home park site fees to eligible seniors and disabled individuals.
To qualify, you must meet all eligibility requirements for each year from the base year to the application year:
| Age/Disability | You (or your spouse/civil union partner) had:
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| Residence | Lived in New Jersey continuously since December 31, 2011 or before, whether as a landlord or tenant. |
| Home ownership | Homeowners. You owned and lived in your home on or before December 31, 2018 (and still owned and lived in that home on December 31, 2022). Mobile home owners. You leased a site in a mobile home park where you placed a mobile or manufactured home that you owned on or before December 31, 2018 (and you were still living in that home/leasing the site on December 31, 2022). If you moved from one New Jersey property to another and received a refund for your previous residence during the last full year you lived there, you may qualify for an exception to reapply for the Senior Freeze Program. |
| Property taxes/site fees | Homeowners. The 2021 property taxes due on your home must have been paid by June 1, 2022, and the 2022 property taxes must be paid by June 1, 2023. Mobile home owners. Your site fees must have been paid by December 31 of each year respectively. |
| income limit | Your total annual income (combined if you were married or in a civil union and living in the same house) was:
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