Tax Notes: “Boston homeowners appear set to face a 13 percent average property tax increase next year after the city’s residential tax relief home rule petition failed to advance in the Massachusetts Legislature.”

With next year’s tax rates expected to raise homeowners’ property tax bills by double digits, city officials continue to urge state lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow Boston to shift more of the property tax burden to commercial properties.

Without state legislative intervention, Wu said that households could see an average increase of $780 in their property taxes in 2026.

Boston has thrice attempted to shift more of the city’s property tax burden to commercial and industrial properties through home rule petitions, which require the approval of the Legislature and Gov. Maura Healey (D). The latest petition, filed in March under H. 4422, has stalled in the state House.

“Under state law, Boston residents will have seen their taxes go up by 34 percent since 2023, with eight straight years of increases over 5 percent,” the spokesperson said. “This is unacceptable and deeply destabilizing for our residents and for the businesses they run, work in, and shop at. We urge swift passage of this legislation before tax bills go out in January.”