Complete the Homestead Declaration form. The form must be printed legibly in black ink.Many of the Assessor forms below are prepared in an easy-to-use PDF format. Exemption applications must be filed with your local assessor's office. See our Municipal Profiles for your local assessor's mailing address. A new low-income homestead exemption is available for Athens-Clarke County property owners who meet federal poverty guidelines. These programs typically fall into either a reduction applied to their property taxes, or the ability to defer a part of their property taxes. 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. You can get information about your property tax benefits, including: Application status, Current benefit amounts, Proposed benefit for the upcoming tax year. Enter your assessed value, zip code, and level of household income to see how much you could potentially save on your property taxes in the first year.