Massachusetts Family Sues to End ‘Home Equity Theft’

Massachusetts Family Sues to End ‘Home Equity Theft’
Oakes Ames Memorial Hall with Ames Free Library in background, North Easton, Massachusetts on May 5, 2007. Daderot/CC BY-SA 3.0
Matthew Vadum
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A Massachusetts family has filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that allows private investors to “steal” the equity that homeowners hold in their property over relatively small tax debts.

The lawsuit, known as Mucciaccio v. Town of Easton and Tallage Lincoln LLC, was filed Jan. 6 in Massachusetts Superior Court.