Detroiters who want to appeal their residential property tax assessments can apply for free help from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law’s housing law clinic.
The clinic is offering to evaluate qualifying residents’ tax assessments and represent them in the appeals process if their assessments are higher than they should be. The program, a partnership with the Coalition for Property Tax Justice, a group of Detroit community-based organizations, is for Detroiters who live in and own a home in Detroit valued at less than $200,000. The deadline to apply for help is Wednesday.
“The City of Detroit gives homeowners the right to appeal to reduce their property taxes, but it’s a difficult process. We’re representing Detroit homeowners for free through that process,” said Lysa Stein, director of the U-D Mercy housing law clinic, in a news release.
Eligible Detroiters can apply for help appealing their assessments by going to the Detroit Property Tax Appeal website at https://app.propertytaxproject.com/detroit.
Assessment notices tell a homeowner how much their property is worth and how much of that is taxable. Residents have a chance to challenge their property assessment to the city of Detroit’s assessor’s board. The next deadline to appeal assessments is 4:30 p.m. March 10. Taxpayers can file a petition online at https://mbor.timetap.com/. For more information, go to https://bit.ly/PropertyAssessmentAppealInformation.
Proposed assessments for 2024 went out to more than 308,000 property owners across Detroit earlier in the year. These are not tax bills. The City of Detroit’s Office of the Treasury is expected to mail those out in June and November.
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