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Housing advocates call on Gov. Whitmer, Detroit leaders to repay overtaxed homeowners Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press © Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press In Wayne County, 451 occupied homes are headed to the annual tax foreclosure auction in 2018. Some residents, like the occupants of this home – marked for auction in 2017 – post signs pleading with prospective buyers not to bid. Housing advocates on Wednesday evening called on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and local leaders to investigate inflated property taxes in Detroit and provide options for over-assessed homeowners to ...

Local housing activists joined an online talk yesterday calling on Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and other local leaders to investigate the unjustified and overly inflated property tax assessment in Detroit. Using #BlackHomesMatter as a falling cry, the talk was hosted by the Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Cornel West, and Rev. William Barber II urged action on the issue that is ever-present in cities across the country. The night, which saw more than 600 in online attendance, was complemented with a thorough thread of data on Twitter.   — Th...

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