Local Governments Are Seizing and Selling Homes Over Small Tax Debts

In 2021, on April Fools' Day, Manistee County, Michigan, took the title on Chelsea Koetter's home because of a small debt she owed on her 2018 property taxes. Unfortunately, this wasn't a prank.

Four months after seizing her home, which she shared with her two sons, the government auctioned it off for $106,500. It kept the profit.