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Why a ‘legally complicated’ tax change could benefit Detroiters

January 13, 2023

In this article, Malachi Barrett from Bridge Detroit speaks to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is backing an effort to reform the city’s property tax structure to reduce the burden on homeowners. The article shares DFC’s CEO, Anika Goss, response to the importance of having tools available.

“Less than 15 years ago, not only did we have an entire mortgage crisis, but a tax foreclosure crisis that wiped out neighborhoods completely,” Goss said. “This system of stabilizing the tax structure, allowing for a much more equitable process, that’s what we are trying to get to.”

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