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What States Can Do to Reduce Property Tax Foreclosures
As homeowners struggle to recover from the pandemic and deal with soaring inflation, some risk losing their homes to a strict and often rapid tax lien foreclosure process.
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The Other Foreclosure Crisis: Property Tax Lien Sales
Local governments are facing financial pressures that necessitate a steady stream of tax revenue. Yet, many homeowners have been negatively affected by the difficult economic times. This report looks at ways in which local governments can assist homeowners who justifiably have payment problems, without also increasing the cost of collection or limiting tax revenues. Most…
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The Other Foreclosure Crisis: Sampling of Recent Tax Lien or Tax Deed Sales in Various Cities
Supplemental Material for The Other Foreclosure Crisis report.
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The Other Foreclosure Crisis: Property Tax Lien Sales
Much attention has been focused rightly on the home mortgage foreclosure crisis. The devastation it has caused individual homeowners, the housing market, and the broader national and international economies is unlike anything experienced since the Great Depression. It is not surprising that some of the same economic conditions that have fueled the mortgage foreclosure crisis…
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Local Solutions to Protect Heirs Property Owners from Property Tax Foreclosure
Heirs property owners are at an elevated risk of losing their home to property tax foreclosure. These owners of inherited homes are disproportionately likely to be older adults living and people of color. Targeted policy solutions can make a significant difference in reducing the rate of property tax foreclosure on heirs property, preventing housing instability…
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Written Testimony on House Bill 1148 –Property Taxes – Tax Sales, Heirs Protection Program and Tax Credits
This testimony supports HB 1148, which would provide heirs who inherit property much-needed assistance including assistance in avoiding tax sale. Maryland Legal Aid (MLA) testifies in strong support of this bill.
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The Other Foreclosure Crisis: State Tax Sale Law Summary
Summary of State Tax Sale Laws.
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Bankrate: How predatory but legal auto loans are systematically taking advantage of people with subprime credit
Appearing in Bankrate on March 4, 2026, Andrew Pentis talks to John Van Alst, senior attorney at NCLC and director of our Working Cars for Working Families project, for a story about a predatory loan that can ensnare you in a matter of hours and lead to crushing debt — and perhaps wrecked credit —…
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Report Examines Severe Consequences of Property Tax Liens and Foreclosures for Owners of Inherited Homes
States Can Take Steps to Prevent Property Tax Foreclosures and Preserve Homeownership and Transfer of Intergenerational Wealth BOSTON – A new report from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) looks at the unique issues heirs face when inheriting a home with an overdue property tax bill and the disproportionate impact on Black and Latino wealth…
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Property Tax Foreclosures on Heirs Property: The Devastating Consequences and Recommendations for Prevention
While millions of homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments and were at risk of losing their homes to mortgage foreclosures during the COVID-19 pandemic, many others were facing another foreclosure crisis- the loss of their homes due to property tax lien foreclosures. This strict and often rapid tax lien foreclosure process has created a lesser…
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Bloomberg: ‘Zombie’ Second Mortgages Spur New Battles in State Capitols
Appearing in Bloomberg on March 17, 2026, Coulter Jones talks to Andrea Bopp Stark, senior attorney at NCLC, about how debt collectors are blindsiding borrowers with years of back interest on old home loans. And how states are becoming a flashpoint in the legal battle. For borrowers, the absence of federal enforcement of consumer protection…
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