Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question falls in line with the question I asked to the Department of Finance in regard to the fiscal policy of this government. The area I am talking about is in regard to the property assessment and taxation. The question I raised with the Department of Finance was the whole area of taxation, especially when it comes to elders where there is the elders' property tax. If you are a pensioner, basically your taxes are forgiven.
It seems like every year a lot of the elders have the same problem where they get these property assessments. They see this thing for $20,000 or $30,000 and it scares them. They think, holy smokes, what is going on here? I think every year a lot of the elders have come to my office in Fort McPherson where they want assistance to walk them through the process, get the forms and get someone with the oath of office to sign who they are and basically that they are in order to receive the subsidy.
I was wondering if it is possible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, along with the Department of Finance, to somehow find a way of streamlining this whole sector so that the elders do not have to do this every year so there is an opportunity for them that it will be in the computer system.
You know who the seniors are, you know what properties they own so they do not have to go through this burden of having to fill out to prove they are a senior every year where they have to basically fill out these forms and submit them with their property taxes. Is there any way of streamlining that to make it easier on the elders?