Ever since the Supreme Court ruled last May that a municipality in Minnesota had violated the Constitution's takings clause when it sold a foreclosed property and kept proceeds in excess of what the property owner owed in taxes, Massachusetts residents have waited for this state to end that problematic practice.
Despite a recent Supreme Court decision, Massachusetts residents still face having equity in their homes taken under a confiscatory state statute known as absolute title, according to advocates and lawyers working to have that dubious practice stopped immediately.