Michigan Supreme Court Decision Delivers Win for Man Who Had His House Stolen Over $8 Tax Debt
(From FEE)
For those unfamiliar with the case, Rafaeli v. Oakland County concerned Michigan’s practice of foreclosing on people’s homes to satisfy small tax debts and pocketing the resultant profits (leaving the former homeowners with nothing). Uri Rafaeli, for example, owed only $8.41 (about the cost of a Chipotle burrito). To get after that pocket change, the government took his house and sold it for $24,500.
This article was originally posted here: https://www.ac2news.com/2020/09/michigan-supreme-court-decision-delivers-win-for-man-who-had-his-house-stolen-over-8-tax-debt/.
