DETROIT –
Mayor Mike Duggan along with Detroit City council members met with members of the media to announce that all residential properties have been assessed; adding that nearly 255,000 residential property owners will see less than 10 percent change in the 2017 assessments.
“Today is another major step forward for the city of Detroit in becoming a professionally run city,” Duggan said. The Mayor added, in a three-year effort for the first time in 60 years all residential properties in the city have been assessed.
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Duggan said the process started in 2014 with airplanes taking high resolution areal images of every house in the city, followed by high resolution street level images.
“Today we will be sending out the assessment notices and everybody will get an assessment based upon their individual house,” Duggan said.
Duggan addressed residents assumption that when cutting assessments the city tax revenue will decrease.
“In fact just the opposite is the case,” Duggan said. “When people feel they’re being assessed fairly they pay their taxes,”
According to Duggan, the percent of residents paying their taxes rose 11% from 2012 to 2016, with this year’s current estimate at 82% of residents who pay their taxes.
Duggan also announced that 53% of Detroiters will see a reduction and assessments of less than 10 percent, while 41% will see an increase of assessments of less than 10%.
“Because of the effects of Proposal A, your increases can only go up with the rate of inflation,” Duggan said. According to Duggan the cuts will be in effect for the 2018 tax return.