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Michigan’s $5 billion property tax fight just moved from Lansing to your front door.

House Speaker Matt Hall is proposing a sweeping overhaul that would:

• End the “pop-up” tax that shocks new homeowners
• Roll back $1 billion in utility rates
• Eliminate the personal property tax on businesses
• Scrap the real estate transfer tax

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has her own property tax plan — targeted and focused on seniors.

But here’s the tension:
Cut billions in taxes — and schools, local governments, and state programs must be backfilled. With an $800 million Medicaid gap looming, something has to give?

Detroit Democratic Representative Tyrone Carter joins the debate, warning about over assessment, housing affordability, and whether sweeping cuts could destabilize communities still recovering from past tax shocks.

This isn’t abstract policy.
It’s about what you pay to live in Michigan.

📍 Housing affordability
📍 Energy bills
📍 School funding
📍 2026 political stakes

If you own a home — or hope to — it’s your money on the line.

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