If homeowners miss property tax payments, even if they never received the bills, some towns grab the whole house and keep the proceeds. All the proceeds. Even if the total is much more than the property tax owed.
Hall, who lost her family’s $308,000 house for owing just $22,000 in property taxes, stated, 'They stole our home. We did not receive anything other than, 'Get out.''
Christina Martin highlights that government officials often use legal language that makes it difficult for homeowners to understand their situation, saying, 'They have an incentive not to work with people who are honestly trying to pay.'
Martin lamented the fact that the county gives the seized properties to private companies and keeps most of the sale proceeds, asserting, 'The government shouldn’t be able to steal from its own people and then give it to their friends.'
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