Dan Gilbert’s generosity for bringing badly needed financial help and attention to one of the leading causes of blight and economic insecurity to citizens in the neighborhoods of Detroit can not be overstated.

Hopefully by this act he is kick starting the ending of insanely stupid, economically crippling property tax rates and policies that have been a major contribution to destroying the residential property values and housing stock in Detroit.

It’s a shame that it takes the charity of a wealthy man to help clean up a mess that Lansing politicians inflicted and have continually ignored for decades.