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http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2013/09/08/left-with-nothing/?hpid=z1
The worst part is this though the guy owned his house outright yet
Absolutely disgusting that he doesn't receive the remaining equity.
On the day Bennie Coleman lost his house, the day armed U.S. marshals came to his door and ordered him off the property, he slumped in a folding chair across the street and watched the vestiges of his 76 years hauled to the curb.
Movers carted out his easy chair, his clothes, his television. Next came the things that were closest to his heart: his Marine Corps medals and photographs of his dead wife, Martha. The duplex in Northeast Washington that Coleman bought with cash two decades earlier was emptied and shuttered. By sundown, he had nowhere to go.
All because he didnt pay a $134 property tax bill.
The worst part is this though the guy owned his house outright yet
Coleman, struggling with dementia, was among those who lost a home. His debt had snowballed to $4,999 37 times the original tax bill. Not only did he lose his $197,000 house, but he also was stripped of the equity because tax lien purchasers are entitled to everything, trumping even mortgage companies.
Absolutely disgusting that he doesn't receive the remaining equity.
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