In principle, I agree. The property should be yours, not rented from the government in the form of a property tax/rent.
However, in practice, your house isn't free. The city has to provide many services to it: road building and maintenance, sewer lines, water lines, power lines, internet lines, etc. Each municipality does it a bit differently, so variations exist, but no house exists that requires zero service from local government, even if it's just clearing trees from the road after a thunderstorm or plowing the snow. That has to be paid for.
If you got rid of property tax, the local government would then have to itemize a list of services each property is provided and send a bill for them. Local schools, local park maintenance, local festivals, police protection, fire protection, etc. You get the idea. You'd still have to pay a maintenance fee in this way, even if it's not called a property tax, it'd be a recurring charge to keep the property.
In principle, I agree. The property should be yours, not rented from the government in the form of a property tax/rent.
However, in practice, your house isn't free. The city has to provide many services to it: road building and maintenance, sewer lines, water lines, power lines, internet lines, etc. Each municipality does it a bit differently, so variations exist, but no house exists that requires zero service from local government, even if it's just clearing trees from the road after a thunderstorm or plowing the snow. That has to be paid for.
If you got rid of property tax, the local government would then have to itemize a list of services each property is provided and send a bill for them. Local schools, local park maintenance, local festivals, police protection, fire protection, etc. You get the idea. You'd still have to pay a maintenance fee in this way, even if it's not called a property tax, it'd be a recurring charge to keep the property.