Detroit Is Overtaxing Its Black Homeowners

After failing to accurately bring down property values in the years following the Great Recession, Detroit overtaxed its homeowners by at least $600 million, according to an investigation by the Detroit News. Of the more than 63,000 Detroit homes with delinquent debt, more than 90% were overtaxed--by an average of at least $3,700--between 2010 and 2016.

Although Detroit City Hall completed 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.d