The homestead exemption allows lowincome senior citizens and permanently and totally disabled Ohioans, to reduce their property tax bills. 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.It is a local option to establish two separate property tax rates: a lower tax rate for residential property owners. This amount is annually adjusted for inflation. You can get information about your property tax benefits, including: Application status, Current benefit amounts, Proposed benefit for the upcoming tax year. This can provide asset protection from creditors for at least some of house's value.