San Francisco cannot foist pandemic s economic burden onto landlords
Oliver Dunford
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No one doubts that businesses are suffering, but the San Francisco ban ignores the suffering of landlords who like their tenants are also businesses that need income to pay bills.Getty Images / iStockphoto
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the country have tried to limit the economic damage caused by the unprecedented lockdowns. That is certainly a worthy goal. But far too often, rather than providing assistance across the board which might require unpopular tax hikes on everyone governments stick only some people with the bill.
Historical figures like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln are on the chopping block in San Francisco after the city's Board of Education voted to remove their names [.]
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The Sunday Minefield – February 7, 2021
Sorry about the delay on Sunday’s column. I was exhausted last night. We are almost three weeks into the legislative session and the House has still not organized. The Senate continues to hold committee hearings, though the only one with any semblance of normalcy is the Senate Finance Committee. If you watched the Super Bowl yesterday, I hope you enjoyed the food and drinks because the game was horrible.
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In some states, missing a tax payment could cost you your home.
That’s exactly what happened to one family from Easton, Massachusetts. Although brothers Neil and Mark Mucciaccio owned their house outright, they struggled to keep up with rising property taxes when their family experienced several medical and financial hardships. When the brothers failed to pay their 2016 taxes, the city responded by placing a lien on their $276,000 property, imposing exorbitant interest on the debt, and selling that lien to a private investor for about $4,300.
Much to the brothers’ shock, the private investor foreclosed on their property in 2019 ― leaving them with nothing.