In 14 of our 50 states, a taxing authority which forecloses real estate for unpaid taxes is entitled to keep the full auction proceeds even beyond the owner’s debt obligation. Enabled by laws known as ...

Unpaid property tax debts are leading to preventable foreclosures, with the greatest impacts on Black and Latino households and older homeowners living on fixed incomes. But if states take proactive ...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Kent County is seeing its lowest rate of property tax foreclosures in 20 years, according to the Kent County Treasurer’s Office. Only 13 properties were foreclosed on due to ...

The IRS is not required to exhaust “alternative collection methods” before foreclosing tax liens, because IRC § 7403 contains no such requirement, a district court in Nebraska ruled. The court ...

A tax foreclosed property in the city of Jamestown that was a part of the Chautauqua County Foreclosure Property Tax Auction earlier this month. P-J photos by Dennis Phillips The number of tax ...

Livingston County is giving buyers a chance to scoop up residential homes and vacant lots at its annual tax foreclosure auction next month. The in-person event is scheduled for Thursday, November 6 at ...

A handful of Flint homeowners who lost their houses through tax foreclosure this year would get a second chance to buy them ...

Last year, Deborah Foss was forced to live in her car during the coldest months of the year after New Bedford officials placed a tax lien on her home and sold it to a private company called Tallage ...