Claim: "This year," the Austin City Council "granted a small homestead" property tax "exemption of $5,000... applied equally to everyone. And we also granted an exemption for the elderly and the disabled members of the community."
Fact-check: Austin mayoral hopeful Sheryl Cole says this year, "we" granted homestead exemptions to Austinites
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2014-10-21T00:00:00