Could a per-student tax alleviate a college town's budget woes? : vimarsana.com

The University of Delaware owns nearly 35 percent of the untaxed property in Newark but is exempt from paying property taxes. City officials want to tax the university $50 per student, per semester. The chaos of the post-pandemic economy has reached both the University of Delaware and the surrounding city of Newark. And it’s made the college town the latest stage for a long-standing debate about the financial contours of town-gown relationships.

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