Unconstitutional Home Equity Theft by States?

Kevin Hogan
By Kevin Hogan
April 20, 2023US News
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If you fail to pay taxes on your home, you owe them—yes. But if a state takes your home and sells it, using the money to pay off the tax debt, does the state have the right to keep the rest of your equity—your money? That’s the case now before the Supreme Court. And humble, media-shy, 94-year-old grandmother Geraldine Tyler, who moved out of her small Minnesota condo due to rising crime and then stopped paying taxes on it, is at the center of this national issue. NTD spoke with one of the attorneys.