Complaints: Majority-Black, Hispanic cities are overtaxing homeowners
The complaints from a tax justice coalition and a group of residents from the cities said overassessing home values violates the Fair Housing Act.
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The complaints from a tax justice coalition and a group of residents from the cities said overassessing home values violates the Fair Housing Act.
The Coalition for Property Tax Justice filed complaints on Thursday with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Michigan Department of Civil Rights regarding reported violations of the Fair Housing Act.
A summer 2020 state Supreme Court decision that allows people whose homes are taken through tax foreclosure to claim the proceeds of their sales could see its first major implementation this year, following a year of muted foreclosure action.
For the homes that remain in foreclosure, Make It Home can help renters already living there stay in place and become homeowners themselves.
Ahead of the March deadline, Wayne County officials contacted the state treasury and asked for an extension, which was granted, to May 15.