A New Hampshire man was shocked upon finding out the local government was seizing his home as he stayed in the hospital after suffering a devastating stroke. The government can seize homes and properties for a variety of different reasons, and can often lead to one's home being taken away for good. Retired house painter John Jones, 66, who resides in Franklin owed just over $5,000 to the city.
While Jones was still recovering from his stroke, the Franklin City Council decided it would be taking away his home, estimated to be worth roughly $50,000. "I paid over $30,000 for this place and now they get it for nothing. What a scam.
That's how they do it," Jones told newspaper in an article published Friday. "They don't really care." New Hampshire has the highest reliance on , a recent Tax Foundation report discovered, making situations like Jones' more common.
This is because the state doesn't have an income or "That means many local governments rely on property taxes as their main source of income," Alex Beene, a financial literacy instructor at the University of Tennessee at Martin, told . "As cold and heartless as the story appears, you can see the government's reasoning. This taxpayer failed to pay repeatedly, and now the government is coming to collect, and the only way to do that is to seize property.
" The local publication found Jones was not alone in his plight. According to deed transfer data, local governments within the state seized property for those who had unpaid ta.
