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Widow Losing $280,000 Home Because Of Unpaid $6 Tax Bill
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An unpaid $6.30 late fee that led to a tax lien could cost widow Eileen F. Battisti her $280,000 home in Center, Pennsylvania.
A county judge upheld the sale of Battisti’s home to an investor.
“To steal a house for $6 is ludicrous,” Battisti told The Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
Battisti and her three children will lose their home because she didn’t pay the $6.30 late fee charged to her because her property tax payment was six days late. When the fee wasn’t paid, a lien on Battisti’s home was sold to an investor named S.P. Lewis at a county tax auction.
Battisti contends that she never received any notice of the late fee or the auction. County Judge C. Gus Kwidis disagreed and ruled that she had received the proper notices.
“There is no doubt that (she) had actual receipt of the notification of the tax upset sale on July 7, 2011, and Aug. 16, 2011,” Kwidis wrote. “Moreover, on Aug. 12, 2011, a notice of sale was sent by first class mail and was not returned.”
“I paid everything, and didn’t know about the $6.30,” Battisti told the Associated Press. “For the house to be sold just because of $6.30 is crazy.”
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/05/01/widow-losing-280000-home-because-of-unpaid-6-tax-bill/
