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Public commenters urge scrutiny of tax abatements, BZA rules and housing vacancy; HRD funding question raised
Summary
During public comment, residents urged a study of tax abatements after subsidies expire, called for oversight of the Board of Zoning Appeals over alleged due-process problems, highlighted prescription assistance resources, and asked why sewer-repair grants are administered by HRD rather than Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.
Public comment at the Feb. 12 Committee of the Whole covered a range of neighborhood concerns: tax-abatement accountability, oversight of the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), a prescription assistance program and questions about administrative responsibility for sewer-repair grants.
Mr. Foster, speaking in person, urged the council to study the impact when abatements and subsidies expire and warned that expired subsidies can be an "initiator of blight." He asked the city to inventory vendors who receive repeat awards and to require…
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