The Boston City Council voted unanimously to set tax rates that will bring a projected 13% tax increase for the average single-family homeowner next year.

The Council voted, 12-0, Wednesday to set the residential tax rate at $12.40 per thousand dollars of assessed value and the commercial tax rate at $26.96 per thousand dollars of assessed value at its final meeting of the year. Those rates are based on setting the maximum shift of 175% of the city’s tax burden from the residential to commercial sector.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has said the new tax rates will result in a 13%, or $780 increase, in property taxes for the average single-family homeowner next year. The Council also voted to set the maximum residential exemption of 35%, which city financial officials projected will save quali

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