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Bridge Magazine
March 2023
Housing relief program change can help Detroiters facing foreclosure
Detroit Free Press
March 2023
Change in housing relief program can help Detroiters at risk of foreclosure
Metro Times
March 2023
ARPA funds saved 4,200 occupied Detroit homes from being foreclosed
The Detroit News
March 2023
Key change in state program can 'wipe out property tax debt,' housing activists say
Michigan Radio
March 2023
State expands relief program for homeowners with past-due property taxes
Bloomberg Tax
July 2022
Detroit Homeowners’ Tax Notice Class Suit Revived on Appeal
ABC News
July 2022
Families forced out of homes due to city's property tax demand seek justice
Michigan Radio
June 2022
Detroit activists file complaints alleging fair housing violations
NBC News
June 2022
Detroit residents fight for restitution after overassessed homes caused foreclosures
Bridge Detroit
June 2022
Complaints allege majority-Black, Hispanic cities overasses homeowners
Bloomberg News
March 2021
How Unfair Property Taxes Keep Black Families From Gaining Wealth
WDET
March 2021
Detroit's Lowest-Valued Homes Continue To Be Over-Assessed, Advocates Say
The Detroit News
March 2021
Economists back study that found Detroit is still inflating property taxes
Michigan Advance
January 2021
Anti-foreclosure activists demand more help in Detroit
Detroit News
November 2020
Detroit's council turns down relief plan for overtaxed residents
WDET
October 2020
ACLU, Tlaib Call for Foreclosure Ban to Continue in Detroit
Bridge Detroit
August 2020
‘Black Homes Matter’: Detroit advocates speak out on foreclosures, assessments
The Detroit News
July 2020
Activists propose Detroit fund for overtaxed homeowners
Detroit Is It
July 2020
Detroit Leaders Putting an End to Unjust Property Tax Forecloses
The New York Times
June 2020
The Scandal of the Predatory City
Michigan News
May 2020
Detroit housing shortage, evictions set stage for COVID-19 housing crisis
Michigan Radio
February 2020
Detroit faces reckoning, lawsuit from over-taxed homeowners
The Detroit News
January 2020
Detroit homeowners overtaxed $600 million
The Detroit News
December 2019
Effort to stave off Detroit foreclosures leaves many deeper in debt
Michigan Radio
August 2019
New program would clear property tax debt for poorest Detroit homeowners
Detroit Metro Times
June 2019
Why more demolitions won't stop Detroit's blight
The Detroit News
March 2019
FBI scrutinizes Sabree property dealings; family underpaid taxes
The Detroit News
October 2018
Detroit property tax relief plan gets new life
Michigan Radio
May 2018
Foreclosed for the cost of an iPhone. That’s life in Wayne County.
Vice
December 2017
Detroit’s housing crisis is the work of its own government
The Washington Post
November 2017
Wealthy San Francisco residents to get private street back, despite skipping taxes for decades
The Washington Post
October 2017
Study: High assessments might have contributed to Detroit's foreclosure crisis
Detroit Metro Times
August 2017
ICYMI: Expert on Detroit's 'illegal foreclosures' featured on 'Democracy Now'
KCET/Democracy Now
August 2017
Longtime Residents Fight Illegal Foreclosures in Gentrified Neighborhood
Lansing State Journal
July 2017
Detroit forum seeks justice for victims of tax foreclosures
Michigan Radio
July 2017
Law prof. says 85% of Detroit homes taxed illegally, contributing to massive foreclosure rates
Detroit Metro Times
July 2017
Study finds Detroit's foreclosure crisis fueled by illegal tax assessments
New York Times
July 2017
Don't Let Detroit's Revival Rest on an Injustice
Truthout
July 2017
Scenes From the Foreclosure Crisis: Water, Land and Housing in Michigan
Michigan Radio
July 2017
Law prof. says 85% of Detroit homes taxed illegally, contributing to massive foreclosure rates
Detroit Metro Times
July 2017
Coalition meets to protect Detroiters from 'illegal foreclosure' next week
Deadline Detroit
June 2017
Watch Award-Winning Hip Hop Video On Detroit's Mass Tax Foreclosures
International Alliance of Inhabitants
June 2017
Detroit, Music Video wins Best Hip Hop Video at the American Music Video Awards; explores tax foreclosures and gentrification
Voice of Detroit
June 2017
RESTITUTION NOT EVICTION: PEOPLE’S FORUM TO END UNCONSTITUTIONAL TAX FORECLOSURES SAT. JUNE 17
The Detroit News
January 2017
Detroit's homeowners deserve better
Detroit Free Press
September 2016
Detroit's tax foreclosures indefensible