tax foreclosure

Wayne County extended its tax foreclosure and auction profit claim deadlines to April 8 after bomb threats forced the evacuation of the treasurer’s office this week.

Koby Levin discusses how people who lost their homes to tax foreclosure in Wayne County have a chance to recoup money the county made on the homes at auction.

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The program is called the Homeowners Property Exemption, or HOPE for short. It allows low-income Detroit households that own and live in their home to pay reduced property taxes, or in some cases no taxes at all.

The reforms come in the wake Detroit’s devastating tax foreclosure crisis, which was driven in part by inflated assessments. From 2010 through 2016, the city overtaxed homeowners by an estimated $600 million, fueling displacement and blight that still haunt Detroit neighborhoods today.

The state received more than $242 million in American Rescue Plan funds from the federal government to administer the Michigan Homeowners Assistance Fund.

Wayne County’s homeowners have until the end of the month to pay any delinquent tax bills or they could be at risk of foreclosure.

Detroit homeowners who are struggling to pay property taxes have until December 12 to apply for a partial or full property tax exemption.

Wayne County will exempt all occupied properties from this year’s tax foreclosure auction, after County Treasurer Eric Sabree requested and was granted a…