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Is Detroit still cheating homeowners on taxes? New audit to find out.
A recent study suggested the city's lower-income residents are being disproportionately gouged
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit, Real Estate, Government, Tax assessment, property values, homes, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Bernadette Atuahene, International Association of Assessing Officers
Detroit illegally inflated taxes on lowest value homes, study suggests
By contrast, the most expensive homes were the least likely to be overtaxed, according to the University of Chicago
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Bernadette Atuahene, Detroit, property taxes, overassessments, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, Coalition for Property Tax Justice
Activists urge AG Nessel to weigh in on legal remedies for overtaxed Detroiters
The illegal property tax assessments resulted in an as many as 100,000 Detroiters, most of them Black, losing their homes to foreclosure between 2010 and 2016
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Mary Sheffield, Detroit City Council, Detroit, tax foreclosures, homeowners, taxes, Mayor Duggan, Rashida Tlaib, Bernadette Atuahene
Study finds Detroit's foreclosure crisis fueled by illegal tax assessments
By Violet Ikonomova
Tags: Local News, Detroit, tax foreclosures, unconstitutional tax assessments, Detroit assessor's office, Mayor Mike Duggan, Bernadette Atuahene, tax assessments, property values
The Dirty Show celebrates 25th anniversary with some of its greatest hits
By Lee DeVito
Hamtramck mayor sticks with Trump despite proposal to displace Palestinians from Gaza
Corewell Health restores gender-affirming care after public backlash