HCAD · HOUSTON / HARRIS COUNTY
Exemption integrity,
made reviewable.
A ranked research workspace for finding stale ownership and senior-exemption signals before they become missed-revenue or fairness problems.
CURRENT DATASET2026 public HCAD proxy extract
Senior status is not published in this bulk file. Every result is a lead for agency-controlled verification—not a finding of improper exemption.
PRIORITIZED LEADS
Target list
MODELED SCREENING VALUE$—— modeled range
Formula: published homestead-value proxy × tax rate × local 65+ demographic share × estimated recoverable share. Adjust assumptions before using this for a business case.
| Rank | Owner | Property | Proxy tenure | Homestead value | Potential $ | Signal |
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RESEARCH METHOD
What this list can—and cannot—say
This first-pass ranking uses publicly released HCAD ownership, exemption, valuation, and mailing fields. The strongest public proxy is a long unchanged ownership record paired with a substantial homestead-exemption value.
HCAD’s public bulk extract does not publish reliable account-level over-65 or surviving-spouse flags. Confirm senior status, age, death, occupancy, and legal eligibility only through authorized agency workflows and appropriate records.
The default 13.1% age rate is the 2024 Harris County share of residents age 65+ from Census QuickFacts. It is a population context measure—not the owner’s age and not proof that a tax benefit is invalid.
01Lead, not judgment
A score starts review; it does not revoke an exemption.
02Protect lawful survivors
Surviving spouses, heirs, trusts, and partial interests need human review.
03Measure recoverable value
Separate corrected tax potential from administrative cleanup.