On February 1, 2024, MACo Legislative Director Kevin Kinnally testified before the House Ways and Means Committee in support of HB 16- Tax Sales- Homeowner Protection Program- Funding with amendments to further bolster the program.
This bill increases awareness of and establishes a new Homeowner Protection Program (HPP) funding source. The Program is one of the most effective tools to help homeowners facing tax sale, offering potential cost avoidance and providing help like payment assistance, foreclosure mediation, and other services.
MACo strongly prefers that homeowners receive all counseling, education, information, support, and additional assistance, when appropriate, to help them pay on time and avoid going through tax sale. To that end, MACo supported legislation to establish this program and sees this bill as a logical next step for safeguarding access to support services at the time when it is most helpful.
HB 16 was heard in the opposite chamber, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, on March 26. MACo submitted written testimony in support of this bill with amendments.
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