As soon as he fails to make his property tax payment.
Is property taxation illegal now? If defaulting on one's owed takes,and penalties laid on,when one does,is "theft",to you,then therein lies your problem.
Does your friend have a mortgage?If so,then he doesn't OWN the property to begin with!
Is he getting unemployment checks?
Has he looked for work,ANY work?
Since YOU care so much about him,why aren't you helping him monetarily?
During the Great Depression,people used to throw parties,to raise rent money/property tax money.Why not DO something like that for him?
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh...Conservatives aren't supposed to be a bunch of bleeding hearts,but nobody would know that,by reading some posts here.