The homestead exemp- tion provides a reduction in property taxes to qualified senior or disabled citizens, or a surviving spouse, on the dwelling that is that. The homestead exemption allows lowincome senior citizens and permanently and totally disabled Ohioans, to reduce their property tax bills.You can get information about your property tax benefits, including: Application status, Current benefit amounts, Proposed benefit for the upcoming tax year. Are you 65 or older? Are you under 65 and disabled? The Ohio Homestead Exemption allows low-income older adults and permanently and totally disabled Ohioans to reduce their property tax bills. Exemption applications must be filed with your local assessor's office. See our Municipal Profiles for your local assessor's mailing address. Homeowners may be able to exempt all or a portion of the equity in their primary residence through homestead exemptions.