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Commentary By Ilya Shapiro

Supreme Court Should Put an End to Unjust Government Seizures of Home Equity

Governance, Economics Housing, Supreme Court, Tax & Budget

The Supreme Court has saved one of its most important cases for the term’s final argument, coming up on Wednesday. Tyler v. Hennepin County scrutinizes the dubious practice of “home equity theft,” where state and local authorities take full title to homes that have been foreclosed upon for tax sales, no matter how small the amount of taxes due or how large the amount of equity accrued.

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Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow and director of Constitutional Studies at the Manhattan Institute. Follow him on Twitter here.

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