Does Amendment 3 give Lake rental properties the $250,000 homestead exemption?
No. Homestead is for a permanent resident’s primary home. A rental in Lake County is non-homestead. Source: Pinellas County Property Appraiser Amendment 3 FAQs.
Northwest of Orlando · Table 4 · tax year 2028 model
Amendment 3 in Lake County: rental tax impact
Lake rentals do not receive the proposed $150,000 / $250,000 homestead exemption. The dollars below are Walczak’s backfill model — what happens if millage is raised to replace lost homestead revenue, limited by 10-mill caps.
· · Figures retrieved 2026-10-18 · Lake millage is on the county page.
Walczak Table 4 for Lake
| Property type | Additional 2028 tax | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Apartment unit | $465 | 28% |
| Single-family rental | $1,476 | 27% |
Percents are published as whole numbers. Statewide Table 2 is more precise (SFR 14.6%, apartments 14.8%). School millage is unchanged by the amendment but is in the baseline used for the percent.Source · What Amendment 3 does (PCPAO)
Walczak Table 5 does not include a municipality inside Lake County. County-level Table 4 is the published figure; we are not interpolating a city number.
Questions owners actually ask
How much would Amendment 3 raise taxes on a Lake rental?
Walczak’s 2028 revenue-neutral millage model (Table 4) puts the average Lake single-family rental at $1,476 additional tax (27%) and the average apartment unit at $465 (28%). Local governments could instead cut spending or raise other fees. Source: Jared Walczak, Amendment 3 Could Shift Tax Burdens to Renters (Walczak Policy Consulting, September 2026).
Holding-cost calculator for Lake
Defaults use Unincorporated Lake County, tax group 0001 (13.4482 mills) and the OIR homeowners-with-wind average — not a DP-3 quote.
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