In July 2016, the ACLU of Michigan and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund sued the city of Detroit and the Wayne County Treasurer in the wake of the largest tax foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression. Despite salient arguments about unconstitutionally over-assessed properties, disparate negative impact on African Americans, and violation of due process rights, there has been no relief for two years.…
In July 2016, the ACLU of Michigan and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund sued the city of Detroit and the Wayne County Treasurer in the wake of the largest tax foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression. Despite salient arguments about unconstitutionally over-assessed properties, disparate negative impact on African Americans, and violation of due process rights, there has been no relief for two years.…