[JLS]

What a pathetic article trying to blame the business people who bought the liens. This is an issue of the DC government and it wont be fixed because the reporter is either too biased or dumb to see the problem is the DC government.

Clearly the DC government does not care in the least what happens to these people. If they did they would require the business people who buy the liens to transfer everything above the amount of the lien and reasonable costs to the property owner. But instead DC only cares about getting more cash to buy votes. After all the property owners must be evil, they own property.

[John Valentine]

If they did they would require the business people who buy the liens to transfer everything above the amount of the lien and reasonable costs to the property owner. I don't know of any jurisdiction where it works the way you describe. Once the property goes to a tax sale, and that happens only after all attempts to collect the tax from the owner have failed, the buyer gets the deed.

[Timber Rattler]

What a pathetic article trying to blame the business people who bought the liens.

Well these "business people," as you call them, are nothing but low-life bottom feeders. They're taking advantage of a corrupt system and literally stealing properties in cahoots with local governments, which should not be selling tax liens, period. It's a racket---a $134 tax bill turns into a $5,000 bill? Give me a break...

[patton]

The man spent his life voting for a government (DC) designed to take my money - and it bit him in the rear.

Good.