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Public commenters urge action on land bank, foreclosures, BZA fees and neighborhood funding
Summary
Citizens used the Committee of the Whole public-comment period to raise concerns about the land bank and foreclosure policy, alleged price increases for BZA hearing transcripts, neighborhood funding for corridor improvements, ICE activity in Southwest Detroit, and service needs for unhoused residents.
Detroit ' Dozens of callers used the Committee of the Whole public-comment period to press the council on housing, neighborhood funding, administrative fees and homeless services.
Several callers urged the council to act on land-bank policy and property-tax reform. Caller Tahira Ahmad thanked Councilmembers Angela Whitfield Callaway and Mary Waters for moves to "deny it going through" and called for elimination of the land bank; she urged tests for Board of Review candidates and said "Detroit had the largest Black home ownership in the United States" before recent foreclosures. Luke Shelton criticized the city's use of…
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