The Board of Managers formally adopted a combined 2025 property tax rate of $0.8783 per $100 of property value for HISD, an 8.20% increase over the prior rate, split between a Maintenance and Operations rate of $0.7116 and an Interest and Sinking rate of $0.1667.

What it means for you

Houston property owners in the HISD district will pay a higher tax rate in 2025 — 8.20% more than before — which affects household tax bills and funds the district's operations and debt payments.

Outcome

On motion by board member Rosales, with a second by board member Garza Lindner, the board voted to reconsider the prior adoption of the tax year 2025 tax rate in order to include two and ninety four pennies ($0.0294) permitted under Texas Property Tax Code section 26.042 for disaster areas.