Wisconsin Court of Appeals Reverses Decision, Finds Four Duplexes Didn’t Qualify as Retirement Home for Aged

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals June 19 reversed the lower court ruling and held that four duplexes purchased by Pine Haven Christian Home did not qualify for property tax exemption under Wis. Stat. § 70.11(4d) as a retirement home for the aged. The Village of Oostburg appealed a judgment entered by the circuit court in favor of Pine Haven, granting them property tax exemption for qualifying as a retirement home for the aged. The court of appeals ruled that the duplexes did not meet the retirement home definition for the aged outlined in prior Wisconsin Supreme Court precedent as the ...