Blake Girardot<p>This is a fundamental issue of fairness and generational wealth.</p><p>"Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD) and The Coalition for Property Tax Justice are partnering to find retired [or active] <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/accountants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountants</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/economists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economists</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/appraisers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appraisers</span></a>, who own homes in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a>.</p><p>"Detroit’s property tax assessments are still systematically more than 50 percent of a property’s market value. No current Board of Review member has the skills necessary to challenge the city Assessor."</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a></p><p>1/n</p>