Curran, GOP lawmakers seek to end home seizures over unpaid property taxes

(The Center Square) – Illinois Republican Senate Minority Leader John Curran is at the forefront in pushing legislation crafted to bring the state in compliance with a recent Supreme Court decision protecting homeowners from losing equity in their homes for unpaid property taxes.

With Illinois now the only state in the country where residents face such consequences, Curran argues there’s little surprise recent data points to rising property taxes as the top reason for the state’s ongoing outmigration struggles.

“We have a court decision saying that people should not be losing the equity in their homes in a tax sale, yet this is still going on in the state of Illinois,” Curran told The Center Square. “It’s people’s life savings. It is most likely the biggest part of their savings portfolio, and so I think we want to make sure we find the other way to protect residents and protect homeowners that have fallen behind and make sure that they keep the equity that they have buil...