More Than 1,200 District 60 Households Sign Eva Romero’s Property Tax Petition, TN House Majority Leader Pledges Full Support

Democrats and Republicans in Old Hickory, Donelson, and Hermitage Come Together to Say Enough Is Enough, Backing a State Law Capping Property Tax Increases at 2% a Year in Cities Over 500,000 and Freezing Property Taxes for Seniors 65 and Older.

Image Credit: Facebook accounts of Eva Romero, William Lamberth ; Canva.

Press Release –

More than 1,200 households across Old Hickory, Donelson, and Hermitage have signed Eva Romero’s property tax petition, sending a clear, bipartisan message to the Tennessee General Assembly: enough is enough.

Tennessee House Majority Leader William Lamberth joined Romero and District 60 residents at a campaign rally to personally receive the signatures and pledged his full support for the property tax legislation Romero will introduce if elected to represent House District 60.

The petition, launched in May with a mailer to more than 20,000 District 60 voters, has drawn signatures from Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike: longtime homeowners, seniors on fixed incomes, young families, and renters who feel every tax increase passed on through higher rent.

“Every one of these signatures is a family that sat down with their property tax bill and wondered how much longer they can afford to stay in the home they love,” said Eva Romero. “I’ve heard it on doorstep after doorstep. Seniors who paid off their mortgages and still worry about losing their homes. Young couples who stretched to buy their first house and now face bills they never budgeted for. These are the concerns of most people in this district, and this petition puts them in writing for Nashville to see.”

If elected, Romero will introduce legislation in the General Assembly to deliver the relief petition signers are asking for:

1.  Pass a state law requiring every Tennessee municipality with more than 500,000 residents to limit property tax increases to no more than 2% a year, protecting homeowners in Nashville and Memphis from sudden, unaffordable spikes.

2.  Freeze property taxes for homeowners aged 65 and older on their primary residence, so seniors who have spent a lifetime building these communities can afford to stay in their homes.

The proposed 2% limit follows a 34% rise in Nashville property taxes in a single year in June 2020, and new reassessments threaten to push costs higher still. For many District 60 families, the rising bills have become a question of whether they can afford to stay in the neighborhoods they call home.

Majority Leader Lamberth, who leads the Republican majority in the Tennessee House of Representatives, received the signed petitions from Romero and District 60 residents at a rally and said the scale of the response had caught the attention of lawmakers across the state.

“Tennessee has the opportunity to lead the nation in protecting homeowners and preserving the American Dream. That effort begins with strong caps on runaway property tax hikes so families are not taxed out of homes they’ve spent a lifetime working for and building,” said House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland.  “Eva Romero has already been fighting for the families of Donelson, Hermitage and Old Hickory. Send her to the House to finish the job.”

The petition’s reach stands in contrast to incumbent Representative Shaundelle Brooks, who dismissed the effort by saying, “Anyone can do a petition.” On April 21, 2025, Brooks was one of only six state representatives to vote against a constitutional amendment banning a state property tax in Tennessee, keeping the possibility of a state property tax in the Tennessee Constitution.^[1]

“Anyone can start a petition, but it takes a community to sign one,” Romero said. “The 1,200 households who signed this aren’t just anybody. They are our neighbors, Democrats and Republicans side by side, and they built Old Hickory, Donelson, and Hermitage. Representative Brooks voted to keep a state property tax a possibility in our constitution.^[1] These families are asking for the opposite: limits on what they pay, and security for seniors in their homes. They have told Nashville what they need, and with Leader Lamberth’s support, I intend to get it done.”

Romero is challenging Representative Brooks in the November 3, 2026 general election. Early voting runs October 14–29.

Residents who have not yet signed the petition can do so at www.electevaromero.com.