Posted on 04/29/2023 3:55:47 PM PDT by george76
This Nation has turned into BS.
Property tax is “rent”.
You don’t own it, you rent it.
Don’t think so??? Quit paying the “rent” and watch what happens.
All you’re doing is just working hard to pay the real owner’s note for em....you just “rent” it.
DemonRATS make chithole states. We’ll soon look like those commercials on tv. O This country needs food, medicine. Just 19.00 a mo. RiIIIIIIght!
It looks like the Halls went about five years without paying their property tax at all. So, no sympathy from me.
Having said that, what counties charge for property taxes is obscene. And continuing to charge retirees the same amount as they transition to a fixed income, even though they no longer use most of the services the counties claim the property taxes pay for, is immoral.
In many states seniors can’t afford to stay in the homes they’ve spent 30 years paying off.
Near Detroit, Michigan, ... hard line Communist Country, always has been.
Never invest or spend a dime there.
They should have known.
I hope Tawanda is a lifelong democrat and enjoying the results of her voting.
I’m surprised that a deep blue state like California is not on the list but red states like South Dakota and Nebraska are…
Most seniors downsize anyway…….sell the bigger homes.
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Hawaii has one of the lowest property tax rates in the USA.
for homeowner residents.
We also have some of the most expensive real estate property in the USA.
I have two houses on 5 acres, $1800 per year and they can only increase taxes 3% per year by law.
Don’t move here, you probably can’t afford it.
My point is that we have our property taxes
under control so old people don’t lose their
land and homes.
Yes this has been hashed over repeatedly. The old lady moved out and the kids ignored the warnings for 5 years.
Not a big fan of forfeiture but they kind of brought this on themselves.
“Four months later, the city gave the property to a private company, Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, for $1.
In early 2020, the house was put on the market and then sold for more than $300,000.”
Looks like some shady, corrupted stuff going on here.
Shady Southfield Housing Authority Linked to the Mayor
https://michiganrisingaction.org/2021/07/23/shady-southfield-housing-authority-linked-to-the-mayor/
Mid-West Update – Lowry v. Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, et al. (In re Lowry)
https://www.aciclaw.org/news/2022/mid-west-update-lowry-v-southfield/
Michigan officials steal families’ homes to pad their budgets
https://pacificlegal.org/michigan-steal-homes-to-pad-budgets/
Jackson v. Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative
https://casetext.com/case/jackson-v-southfield-neighborhood-revitalization-initiative
Lawsuit targets Oakland County home foreclosure practices
Criminal-Government BUMP
My greatest fear is that my property tax will skyrocket due to inflation and government corruption.
I don’t want to ‘Own Nothing, and Be Happy’ even if property ownership is a facade due to property taxes.
I would burn it to the ground and salt the earth.
Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, and the District of Columbia have laws on the books that let local governments and private investors “steal” substantial amounts of home equity from homeowners who are late on their property taxes, according to Pacific Legal Foundation,
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Nine other states—Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Wisconsin—safeguard home equity in the foreclosure process but provide loopholes that permit governments or private entities to capture excess equity value that PLF says should belong to the homeowner.
https://archive.vn/Juum2#selection-1073.0-1073.294
Bank owned by the billionaire - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tried to foreclose on a 90-year-old woman who owed 27 cents ..
And continuing to charge retirees the same amount as they transition to a fixed income,
My county (in Illinois) gave me a fairly big discount when I turned 65, as a result, for the past 13 years my property tax has been less than it was when I moved in 32 years ago. My son who also lives in the same red Illinois county as I do pays zero property tax because our county give a pass to disabled veterans.
In addition, I pay no state income tax as a retiree and as a D.A.V. my son doesn’t either.
And then they would have the audacity to truly be surprised when somebody walks into the office with a shotgun one day....
Not necessarily. Many want to age in place but can’t because of taxes.
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