Michigan county seized retiree’s home over $8 debt

[Penelope]

In August 2011, Uri Rafaeli bought a three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot home in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich., for $60,000. He converted the fixer-upper into a rental property.

Two-and-a-half years later – and at the time unbeknownst to the retired engineer – Oakland County seized his property, put it up for auction and sold the house for $24,500. All this, after a mistake in calculating his property taxes left Rafaeli’s account delinquent by just $8.41. Oakland County ended up keeping all of the $24,500 from the sale, while Rafaeli, now 83, was left without the home and the income he made from renting it.

Michigan county seized retiree’s home over $8 debt – now he’s fighting back in state’s top court

While Uri Rafaeli’s case, which is currently being decided in Michigan’s Supreme Court, is extreme, it is hardly unique as more than 100,000 homeowners in the state have fallen victim to an aggressive property tax statute that legislators in Lansing passed two decades ago.

www.foxnews.com

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The gov signed the law, and it was a republican trifecta that year in 1999, so this is the fault of the republicans.
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Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020. Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020.

Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
With this new act, the amount of time to pay taxes has been reduced from approximately 5 years to approximately 2 years.

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

www.montcalm.us

 

[mudwhistle]

Blah blah blah blah.....blahblahblah.

 

[Mac-7]

In August 2011, Uri Rafaeli bought a three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot home in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich., for $60,000. He converted the fixer-upper into a rental property.

Two-and-a-half years later – and at the time unbeknownst to the retired engineer – Oakland County seized his property, put it up for auction and sold the house for $24,500. All this, after a mistake in calculating his property taxes left Rafaeli’s account delinquent by just $8.41. Oakland County ended up keeping all of the $24,500 from the sale, while Rafaeli, now 83, was left without the home and the income he made from renting it.

Michigan county seized retiree’s home over $8 debt – now he’s fighting back in state’s top court

While Uri Rafaeli’s case, which is currently being decided in Michigan’s Supreme Court, is extreme, it is hardly unique as more than 100,000 homeowners in the state have fallen victim to an aggressive property tax statute that legislators in Lansing passed two decades ago.

www.foxnews.com

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The gov signed the law, and it was a republican trifecta that year in 1999, so this is the fault of the republicans.
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Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020. Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020.

Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
With this new act, the amount of time to pay taxes has been reduced from approximately 5 years to approximately 2 years.

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

www.montcalm.us

I do not blame john engler in 1999 for what happened to the 83- year old man but rather the people running Oakland County today

they used the letter of the law to commit a crime against the spirit of the law.

and probably just to line their own pockets

 

[007]

"... fault of the republicans"...

Good Lord... the stretch you leftards will go to, to blame republicans sometimes is freakin' mind bending.

 

[Penelope]

In August 2011, Uri Rafaeli bought a three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot home in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich., for $60,000. He converted the fixer-upper into a rental property.

Two-and-a-half years later – and at the time unbeknownst to the retired engineer – Oakland County seized his property, put it up for auction and sold the house for $24,500. All this, after a mistake in calculating his property taxes left Rafaeli’s account delinquent by just $8.41. Oakland County ended up keeping all of the $24,500 from the sale, while Rafaeli, now 83, was left without the home and the income he made from renting it.

Michigan county seized retiree’s home over $8 debt – now he’s fighting back in state’s top court

While Uri Rafaeli’s case, which is currently being decided in Michigan’s Supreme Court, is extreme, it is hardly unique as more than 100,000 homeowners in the state have fallen victim to an aggressive property tax statute that legislators in Lansing passed two decades ago.

www.foxnews.com

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The gov signed the law, and it was a republican trifecta that year in 1999, so this is the fault of the republicans.
-----------------------------------------------------------

Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020. Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020.

Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
With this new act, the amount of time to pay taxes has been reduced from approximately 5 years to approximately 2 years.

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

www.montcalm.us

I do not blame john engler in 1999 for what happened to the 83- year old man but rather the people running Oakland County today

they used the letter of the law to commit a crime against the spirit of the law.

and probably just to line their own pockets

How so. Its the law, and I live in MI and I'm fully aware of the law.

 

[Penelope]

"... fault of the republicans"...

Good Lord... the stretch you leftards will go to, to blame republicans sometimes is freakin' mind bending.

Well it was a republicans. What is it you do not understand about this.

 

[Mac-7]

How so. Its the law, and I live in MI and I'm fully aware of the law.

I bet the county tax office never informed the man that he was short $8.41 on his taxes

the tax assessor/collector just waited quietly till the two years passed and pounced on his house

 

[martybegan]

In August 2011, Uri Rafaeli bought a three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot home in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich., for $60,000. He converted the fixer-upper into a rental property.

Two-and-a-half years later – and at the time unbeknownst to the retired engineer – Oakland County seized his property, put it up for auction and sold the house for $24,500. All this, after a mistake in calculating his property taxes left Rafaeli’s account delinquent by just $8.41. Oakland County ended up keeping all of the $24,500 from the sale, while Rafaeli, now 83, was left without the home and the income he made from renting it.

Michigan county seized retiree’s home over $8 debt – now he’s fighting back in state’s top court

While Uri Rafaeli’s case, which is currently being decided in Michigan’s Supreme Court, is extreme, it is hardly unique as more than 100,000 homeowners in the state have fallen victim to an aggressive property tax statute that legislators in Lansing passed two decades ago.

www.foxnews.com

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The gov signed the law, and it was a republican trifecta that year in 1999, so this is the fault of the republicans.
-----------------------------------------------------------

Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020. Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020.

Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
With this new act, the amount of time to pay taxes has been reduced from approximately 5 years to approximately 2 years.

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

www.montcalm.us

I do not blame john engler in 1999 for what happened to the 83- year old man but rather the people running Oakland County today

they used the letter of the law to commit a crime against the spirit of the law.

and probably just to line their own pockets

How so. Its the law, and I live in MI and I'm fully aware of the law.

Who was the author of the law that allows forfeiture and sale due to tax delinquency without compensation of any remaining value from the sale?

 

[007]

"... fault of the republicans"...

Good Lord... the stretch you leftards will go to, to blame republicans sometimes is freakin' mind bending.

Well it was a republicans. What is it you do not understand about this.

Where do you get that from? Who seized his property? Who sold it? Who kept the proceeds? Republicans or democrats? Link to where it makes a reference... prove it...

 

[Mac-7]

Well it was a republicans. What is it you do not understand about this.

You can argue the merits of 2 years vs 5

but it was the greed and dishonesty of the county tax office that screwed this man over

 

[theHawk]

In August 2011, Uri Rafaeli bought a three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot home in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich., for $60,000. He converted the fixer-upper into a rental property.

Two-and-a-half years later – and at the time unbeknownst to the retired engineer – Oakland County seized his property, put it up for auction and sold the house for $24,500. All this, after a mistake in calculating his property taxes left Rafaeli’s account delinquent by just $8.41. Oakland County ended up keeping all of the $24,500 from the sale, while Rafaeli, now 83, was left without the home and the income he made from renting it.

Michigan county seized retiree’s home over $8 debt – now he’s fighting back in state’s top court

While Uri Rafaeli’s case, which is currently being decided in Michigan’s Supreme Court, is extreme, it is hardly unique as more than 100,000 homeowners in the state have fallen victim to an aggressive property tax statute that legislators in Lansing passed two decades ago.

www.foxnews.com

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The gov signed the law, and it was a republican trifecta that year in 1999, so this is the fault of the republicans.
-----------------------------------------------------------

Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020. Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020.

Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
With this new act, the amount of time to pay taxes has been reduced from approximately 5 years to approximately 2 years.

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

www.montcalm.us

LOL, blaming Republicans from 1999, instead of the many Democrats that have been running that shit hole since then. Dems could had changed the law, they also could had let this go, instead someone chose to take it to court and get the seizure on behalf of the Democrat run government.

Now go pound sand.

 

[Penelope]

Everyone knows in MI the tax bill is sent to the owner of the rental property, you don't own your home, teh law is

How so. Its the law, and I live in MI and I'm fully aware of the law.

I bet the county tax office never informed the man that he was short $8.41 on his taxes

the tax assessor/collector just waited quietly till the two years passed and pounced on his house

The county did send the bill to the man multiple times, and he had plenty of time to respond, and everyone knows the city sends the bill to the owner of the property , not to the renters address.

 

[Penelope]

Well it was a republicans. What is it you do not understand about this.

You can argue the merits of 2 years vs 5

but it was the greed and dishonesty of the county tax office that screwed this man over

Why ? its a change of law? Its the city that taxes the property. How is the city greedy??

 

[Penelope]

In August 2011, Uri Rafaeli bought a three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot home in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich., for $60,000. He converted the fixer-upper into a rental property.

Two-and-a-half years later – and at the time unbeknownst to the retired engineer – Oakland County seized his property, put it up for auction and sold the house for $24,500. All this, after a mistake in calculating his property taxes left Rafaeli’s account delinquent by just $8.41. Oakland County ended up keeping all of the $24,500 from the sale, while Rafaeli, now 83, was left without the home and the income he made from renting it.

Michigan county seized retiree’s home over $8 debt – now he’s fighting back in state’s top court

While Uri Rafaeli’s case, which is currently being decided in Michigan’s Supreme Court, is extreme, it is hardly unique as more than 100,000 homeowners in the state have fallen victim to an aggressive property tax statute that legislators in Lansing passed two decades ago.

www.foxnews.com

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The gov signed the law, and it was a republican trifecta that year in 1999, so this is the fault of the republicans.
-----------------------------------------------------------

Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020. Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020.

Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
With this new act, the amount of time to pay taxes has been reduced from approximately 5 years to approximately 2 years.

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

www.montcalm.us

LOL, blaming Republicans from 1999, instead of the many Democrats that have been running that shit hole since then. Dems could had changed the law, they also could had let this go, instead someone chose to take it to court and get the seizure on behalf of the Democrat run government.

Now go pound sand.

False, republicans in the senate have been in majority of MI since 1984. We have many republican govenors.

 

[progressive hunter]

Well it was a republicans. What is it you do not understand about this.

You can argue the merits of 2 years vs 5

but it was the greed and dishonesty of the county tax office that screwed this man over

Why ? its a change of law? Its the city that taxes the property. How is the city greedy??

the county does the property taxs not the cities,,,

this just shows the evil of taxs,,,

 

[Penelope]

Q. Will I receive notification before my property is foreclosed?
A. Yes. At least five attempts at notification will be made. Two will be by first class mail, two by certified mail, and the last notification will be made by personal service. In addition to these notifications, names and addresses of delinquent property owners may be published in the newspaper. It is the owner/taxpayer's responsibility to notify the local unit and us when there is an address change.

 

[Mac-7]

The county did send the bill to the man multiple times, and he had plenty of time to respond,

Sez who?

btw: except for the sheriff Oakland County is all democrat elected officials

so dont try to avoid placing blame where it belongs

 

[Mac-7]

False, republicans in the senate have been in charge of MI since 1984. We have many republican govenors.

The governor did not take the mans house away

County officials - all democrats - did that

 

[007]

The dude is a slum lord. Is says HE miscalculated the interest on his property taxes, well, that's not up to him. He was short paying his taxes, then moved clear out of state and apparently didn't leave a proper forwarding address for his mail, so even though attempts were made to contact him, due to his negligence, the county started tacking fees and interest on that $8 until it hit $245, and when they got tired of him not responding they seized the property.

Sounds to me like this dude didn't give a crap about the property so long as the rent checks kept rolling in. Typical slum lord. If the property really meant something to him he'd have kept a closer eye on it.

 

[theHawk]

In August 2011, Uri Rafaeli bought a three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot home in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich., for $60,000. He converted the fixer-upper into a rental property.

Two-and-a-half years later – and at the time unbeknownst to the retired engineer – Oakland County seized his property, put it up for auction and sold the house for $24,500. All this, after a mistake in calculating his property taxes left Rafaeli’s account delinquent by just $8.41. Oakland County ended up keeping all of the $24,500 from the sale, while Rafaeli, now 83, was left without the home and the income he made from renting it.

Michigan county seized retiree’s home over $8 debt – now he’s fighting back in state’s top court

While Uri Rafaeli’s case, which is currently being decided in Michigan’s Supreme Court, is extreme, it is hardly unique as more than 100,000 homeowners in the state have fallen victim to an aggressive property tax statute that legislators in Lansing passed two decades ago.

www.foxnews.com

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The gov signed the law, and it was a republican trifecta that year in 1999, so this is the fault of the republicans.
-----------------------------------------------------------

Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020. Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
Public Act 123 of 1999 shortens the amount of time property owners have to pay their delinquent taxes before losing their property. Property owners with taxes that are 25 months delinquent will be foreclosed and the property will be sold at public auction. For example, people who fail to pay their 2017 delinquent property taxes will lose their property to foreclosure March 31, 2020.

Due to the Covid19 E.O from the governor the redemption period has been extended to at least 6/2/2020. Due to pending possible suits against the E.O. those dates may change.
With this new act, the amount of time to pay taxes has been reduced from approximately 5 years to approximately 2 years.

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

Welcome to County of Montcalm, Michigan

www.montcalm.us

LOL, blaming Republicans from 1999, instead of the many Democrats that have been running that shit hole since then. Dems could had changed the law, they also could had let this go, instead someone chose to take it to court and get the seizure on behalf of the Democrat run government.

Now go pound sand.

False, republicans in the senate have been in majority of MI since 1984. We have many republican govenors.

And does the Senate have anything to do with county seizures? No.

Why don’t the thoughtful and caring Dems running the county now give him his money? I’m guessing he is too white for them to really care.