Assessments
New Orleanians are being priced out of the city. Can the next assessor make a difference?
By Katie Jane Fernelius
Source: Verite News
September 26, 2025
New Orleans is at an inflection point. The city is losing businesses and residents, with many saying they simply...
June 18 Breakfast Briefing Focuses on Post-Katrina Government Reforms and Future Citizen Engagement
June 18, 2025
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, BGR’s June 18 Breakfast Briefing discussed the disaster’s lasting impact on...
Highlights of BGR’s Work in Support of Better Local Government Post-Katrina
June 18, 2025
The reform and modernization of local government is a lasting legacy of Hurricane Katrina. By envisioning positive change and...
N.O. City Council calls for outside reviews of citywide property assessments
By Ben Myers
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
July 27, 2023
The New Orleans City Council on Thursday asked state authorities to review whether Assessor Erroll Williams’ office properly conducted...Orleans tax assessor answers questions in city council hearing
By Chris Miller
Source: WWL Radio
July 25, 2023
Orleans Tax Assessor Erroll Williams took part in a Q&A session with the New Orleans city council on property...Council grills city assessor on spiking property valuations
By Josie Abugov
Source: Verite News
July 25, 2023
Following a 23 percent spike in citywide property values in a recent property tax reassessment, the New Orleans City...Tax bill sticker shock: New Orleans assessor sees 23% jump in property values citywide
By Ben Myers
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
July 20, 2023
The citywide assessment of New Orleans property values is set to give homeowners sticker shock this month as they...Sticker shock! New property assessments have some residents worried
By Meg Farris
Source: WWL-TV
July 18, 2023
If you’ve opened your letter from the Orleans assessor’s office, you may have experienced a bit of sticker shock....Erroll Williams faces three challengers in citywide race for New Orleans Assessor
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
October 30, 2021
Three candidates have lined up to challenge longtime Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams in this fall’s election. Anthony Brown,...Property taxes for New Orleans homes have surged; now businesses could get a huge tax cut
By Anthony McAuley
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
October 23, 2020
Over the past two years, thousands of homeowners across New Orleans have opened unwelcome letters from the Orleans Parish...