Supreme Court Sides With 94-Year-Old Woman Whose Home Equity Was Seized by County

Supreme Court Sides With 94-Year-Old Woman Whose Home Equity Was Seized by County
Hennepin County, Minnesota homeowner Geraldine Tyler in an undated photo. Courtesy of Pacific Legal Foundation
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a Minnesota county wronged a grandmother when it forced the sale of her condominium over an unpaid tax debt and kept the sale proceeds that far exceeded the tax she owed.

Critics call such a practice “home equity theft.”