Telegram - Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944

Mayor Mike Duggan has joined five co-sponsoring members of City Council to announce a comprehensive plan to recognize and prioritize Detroit homeowners negatively impacted by property tax over-assessments from 2010-2013. Today, a resolution proposing these benefits will be introduced at city council's formal session.

The four-year program establishes a priority designation in eight programs, effectively placing these Detroiters first-in-line for job consideration, senior home repair grants, affordable housing units and ownership of rehabilitated homes.

The program offers Detroiters a way...