Key Finding 1

Residents Lack Information on Tax Delinquency and Helpful Programs

Direct outreach, like Neighbor to Neighbor, to all tax-delinquent homes in Detroit should happen every year in the spring, when temperatures are warmer, and there is time to help residents ahead of the annual fall tax foreclosure auctions. Canvassers equipped with the Loveland smartphone app should collect data and deliver information to all homes in Detroit with owners who are struggling to pay property taxes.

Direct outreach, like Neighbor to Neighbor, to all tax-delinquent homes in Detroit should happen every year in the spring, when temperatures are warmer, and there is time to help residents ahead of the annual fall tax foreclosure auctions. Canvassers equipped with the Loveland smartphone app should collect data and deliver information to all homes in Detroit with owners who are struggling to pay property taxes.