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Subcommittee debates tax-sale protections for homeowners with medical hardship and changes to homeowner-protection program
Summary
Members discussed a bill that would let homeowners designate a representative, require counties to withhold properties from tax sale for owners with terminal illness or medical hardship, and raise the homeowner-protection program's assessed-value cap from $300,000 to $450,000; members disagreed over mandatory withholding versus authorization and whether protections should be time-limited.
The Local Revenue Subcommittee spent its lengthiest discussion on a bill from Delegate Layman proposing multiple changes to homeowner protections in tax sale.
Stan summarized the measure: it would allow a homeowner to designate a representative to work with the state tax sale ombudsman, require local governments to withhold from tax sale properties owned by homeowners with a terminal illness or documented medical hardship, and raise the assessed-value cap for the homeowner protection program from $300,000 to $450,000. Stan also said the homeowner protection program is income-restricted and currently requires a combined household income under $60,000 to qualify.
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