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Caller urges Detroit treasurer to enact moratorium on foreclosures for lower-value properties

3536058 · May 21, 2025
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Summary

A caller asked the council committee to ask Treasurer Eric Sabree to place a moratorium on tax foreclosures for properties valued under $50,000 in 2025, citing alleged widespread overassessment and past halts on owner-occupied foreclosures.

During the public-comment period on May 20, a caller named Tahira Ahmad urged the Detroit City Council committee of the whole to ask City Treasurer Eric Sabree to place a moratorium on tax foreclosures for lower-value properties.

Ahmad said Detroit residents were “overtaxed by an estimated $600,000,000” between 2015 and an unspecified later date and…

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