Detroit Is Over-Taxing Black Homeowners
After failing to accurately bring down property values in the years following the #GreatRecession, Detroit overtaxed it’s homeowners by at least $600M, according to an investigation by The Detroit News. Many faced tax foreclosures. Of the more than 63,000 #Detroit homes with delinquent debt, more than 90% were over-taxed by an average of at least $3,700 between 2010-and 2016. Although Detroit City Hall completes a 2017 state-ordered reappraisal of every residential property to correct the problem, the pain of the City’s past mistakes still rings clear, especially for Detroit’s Black residents who have resided in the City for decades. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/harrietcammock/support