Residential property taxes are way to high in this state and especially Detroit. To add insult to injury they are even higher for renters due to the homestead tax credit. A residential property tax is a tax on 'shelter' a basic human need. Is uncle Sam the worlds most successful tax collecter by taxing value? No he is not, he taxes income with a graduated income tax. Hopefully Gov Snyder fixes the personal taxes in this state with his second term with the same attitude that he changed business taxes. Stupid high property taxes helped destroy enough city's in this state.

http://taxes.about.com/od/statetaxes...rst-states.htm