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Enquiry into a Vulnerable Homeowner’s Claim to Surplus Proceeds After a Tax Sale by the City
September 25, 2017
We were contacted by a vulnerable, low-income senior who had owned a house in Toronto with his late mother. After she died, he did not pay the property taxes and the City of Toronto sold the house to recover the tax owing. He asked the City for the surplus money from the sale of his house — the City would not give him the money.
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