As reported by Fox17 News, a woman in Kalamazoo County stands to lose her home for missing one property tax payment.
According to their reports, Deborah Calley had a terrible car accident in 2008, in which she suffered severe injuries including brain damage. Since she could no longer drive, she bought a home walking distance to several stores and businesses and her children's schools. She paid the entire $164,000 purchase price in cash. So unlike people with mortgages, whose property taxes are usually rolled in with those monthly payments, she was responsible for keeping track of her property taxes and paying them on time.
And she got confused. Apparently some taxes go to Kalamazoo County and some go to the city of Richmond. I don't have brain damage (really, I don't), and I found that part confusing. At any rate, she missed part of her 2010 payment, but paid the next year at the office in question, and they never mentioned that she hadn't paid the year before. They had already quietly sent that bill to be handled via foreclosure. More below the orange storm cloud.
