Amanda Nothaft, the director of data and analysis at Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, explains the extent of ...

With another year of big gains in tax assessments for Detroit residential properties, Mayor Mary Sheffield issued her first executive order on Friday aimed at making the process by which properties ...

Gilbert's real estate development firm, Bedrock, has been lobbying lawmakers to raise a cap on the incentive programs for ...

Most Detroit mayoral candidates see providing residents relief from burdensome property taxes as a priority — but they differ on how to do it. Why it matters: Detroit's disproportionately high ...

The bill package would eliminate the 6-mill tax, the 0.75% real estate transfer tax, and the pop-up tax. Plus, it has ...

Four Detroit mayoral candidates took the stage Monday at Wayne State University's Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center, tackling pressing issues in the city in a debate with no rebuttals. Candidates were ...

Leading Detroit mayoral candidates steadfastly agree that there’s great need to reduce the city’s infamously high property taxes, but some disagreement over how that should be done. The issue was one ...

The Michigan House's massive property tax cut cannot become law if lawmakers don't pass a still-not-defined sales tax on ...

Stephen Henderson’s recent analysis of Mayor Mary Sheffield’s budget captures Detroit’s fiscal reality with unusual clarity: the city is making real progress on bonded debt, but rising pension costs ...

From the luxury Shinola Hotel downtown to the Detroit People's Food Co-op grocery store in the North End, behind many Detroit developments lie tax agreements proponents credit with breathing new life ...