hout that money. You look at one of the ones we found here in Harris County. There was a multi-million-dollar condo owned by an LLC that's getting a homestead exemption. For what reason? I don't know,  said Blain.

What's next:

Blain says the Harris County Appraisal District is fully cooperating with his investigation and has actually stripped the exemptions from a real estate holding company that was clearly gaming the system.

 I really think there should be some criminal penalties for it because, at the end of the day, if you don't pay your property taxes, we have all these penalties that come with it. If someone is gaming the system and forcing everyone to pay more property taxes or forcing these jurisdictions to go without, then someone needs to be held accountable for that too,  said Blain.

The other side:

State Senator Bettencourt tells Fox 26 property owners who knowingly  double dip  the exemption are committing  fraud.