MATT's PLAN

ADVOCATING FOR THE TAXPAYER & DELIVERING FAIR VALUATIONS

For years, before Matt was elected, TAD reappraised every home in the county every single year — so even if nothing about your house changed, its assessed value, and often your tax bill, could still climb. 

In July 2024, just weeks after taking office, Matt joined the board’s newly elected taxpayer majority in approving a package that would freeze most residential values at their 2024 level for the 2025 tax year, moved the district from yearly to once-every-two-years reappraisals going forward, and required TAD to show more evidence before it could raise a home’s value more than 5%. 

Thanks to Matt, it was the first time Tarrant County homeowners had gotten a break like this, and the first time board members elected directly by voters, rather than appointed by cities and school districts, had reshaped how the district operates.

Matt and the board’s fellow reformers just renewed the biennial appraisal rule this summer.

REFORM TAD

For a decade, before Matt was elected, TAD ran its property values through an old, glitch-prone computer system that cost the district roughly $1.5 million a year in staff time just to keep patched together. Officials blamed that system for millions of dollars in property value that never made it onto the tax rolls. 

When Matt got elected, he personally sat in on vendor interviews to replace the software, rather than leaving the decision to staff alone. 

He pushed finalists hard on a risk most voters never think to ask about: company ownership. He pointed out that two of the three finalists had already been bought and sold once, and pressed them on how a future sale might disrupt the new system down the road. 

He also pushed back on price, calling an early $14.7 million quote “sticker shock” and insisting the board negotiate it down before signing anything. The board ultimately capped the contract at $10 million over five years and selected True Prodigy, a system already proven in other Texas counties. 

It went live in March 2026, and TAD’s 2026 appraisal notices are the first to run on it.