Detroit aims to overhaul rental rules

For years, the process has been difficult, expensive and filled with red tape.

[@tazpupper7828]

If anybody’s responsible for making Detroit, unsafe, uninhabitable, and unaffordable, it’s the city of Detroit. The median valued home in Detroit is taxed at 3.21%. That’s the highest in the country, the rate for rental property if I’m not mistaken is 8.6%, they have the highest permit and inspection fees in the entire state and most of the country, and they also have one of the highest water and sewer rates for contaminated drinking water in the state as well. Detroit makes a lion share of rental proceeds, but they bare no responsibility?. Lower the cost of permits lower the cost of taxes. if you want to increase affordability quality and value lower the taxes, fees, and fines. Have you ever heard that saying don’t invite a vampire into your home? The city is currently the vampire and they are not there to help you.

[@bmanagement4657]

The people have to bend that vampire with STRONG pressure to make it work for them. It takes time, cooperation, and labor. It wont be be easy, but taking back a bit of the heavy reins isnt meant to be.

[@brittneywade-oo3db]

People are going to lose their properties BIG TIME. Of course we went safe rentals but this ain't to help.

[@christinajones7696]

Raise the rent even higher or Sell to foreign & Corporate investors. This does not help Tenants at all, it helps the City. Lower Property Taxes, Permit Fees, & Water Bills. Landlords suffered during Covid. Many of them lost their properties.

[@cloudnationmedia8326]

Wow, Detroit, it took 2024 to notice this 😮

[@Seddeek-u8c]

You give to much right and power and hard to get bad renter that’s why ppl losing houses

[@iliveindetroit1]

exactly

[@Kobge313]

Yea they finna be all kinds of fines in that mf strait slum lords

[@pr3ttylady812]

[@christinajones7696]

Slum tenants make it bad for everyone.

[@alexanderbankowski5617]

This is really good program for the city & long overdue, and maybe the newfound energy into combating it will prove otherwise, but I fear the status quo will stay the same.

[@Shadrachyisrael]

ARE YOU BLIND TO YOUR SELF DUDE!!!! ITS YOUR KIND THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR BLACK MEN TO RISE UP!!! SELLOUTS WANTINGVTO WALK AND SPEAK LIKE THEIR OPPRESSORS EMULATING DECEPTION OF A NATION!!!! GET OUT OF HERE!!!!

[@Shadrachyisrael]

YOU READ DUETERONOMY 28:15-68. LEARN THIS TRUTH FOR YOU WILL NEVER GET PASSED THE WORD OF THE MOST HIGH.

[@kingdiesel68]

The more money owners are mandated to spend, the more they have to charge for rent! Safe housing is a must, but people have to be prepared to pay more! You can't sell a 5 dollar hamburger if you're paying everyone 15 bucks an hour to make em! That's why a big Mac costs 8-9 bucks! It's simple math! The more it costs to do business, the more you have to change the consumer!😮

[@TheAS687]

Yup negatively impacts both parties

[@lgee9027]

City of Detroit and BSEED IS FULL OF BS!!!!! A lead inspection is 500.00, and their system sucks!!!! Thats why it doesn’t WORK😮😮😮😮

[@quitabe9240]

And I approve this message ❤

[@dj69321]

If it's too much for the poor landlords to bear, they're free to get out of the slumlord business and get a real job like everybody else.

[@PhantasyStarved]

This is essentially the same argument as the whole "gentrifying" debate. It's not just rent will go up, some people are going to wind up with different (or no) landlords and get evicted, too. But the bottom line is: do you want nicer houses or do you want to remain a more affordable ghetto? Hey, I'm not making any decisions for anyone else, I've heard plenty of people openly admit to wanting the latter, but the cost there is paid in having more toddlers falling through the floor.

[@j.letourneau1854]

yes it will change the city will ticket the owners and they will have to raise rent to pay for it, but the politicians will get more money to blow on their own personal projects. Oh and make rent to high for the average renter

[@patiachapman4692]

Gentrification is here.

[@bmanagement4657]

Dont forget rental caps or landlords will just pass the costs onto renters..........

[@DETROIT_CUTHOAT]

I wounder why(te) they’re doing this now 🤔

[@elr1147]

Yesterday this said florida

[@kellyg4017]

Imagery matters. Why is a private owned and not rented condo shown @ 1:41 when saying "stiffer penalties will be given out to landlords"? Every time you all cover a negative landlord / rent issue you use images of City Modern. Why?

[@PhantasyStarved]

Simple logistics. It's much faster and cheaper to use stock footage. They were there to cover a press event of the new proposal, that was the important part.

[@dhuston521]

A lien? LOL! Why not add the fee to the tax bill?

[@SuperDuperLofti]

1 toddler is gone so you're going to racket up the regulations for the other 1 million Detroiters. Bad move

[@Scrappyhoops]

So you expect me to believe a 2 minute video

[@mainorreborn]

Landlords can’t pay for the bills because of all the tenants that don’t pay and the drawn out expensive court fees to evict.

[@garfieldyates7405]

Are you a landlord in detroit ?