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Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree says the move will protect nearly 7,000 properties.
Wayne County tax foreclosures have been postponed for occupied properties until March 31, 2022. Wayne County 3rd Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny issued an order to delay the tax auction for occupied properties after receiving a petition from Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree. The order partially extends a moratorium on tax foreclosures already in place that had been set to expire late this week.
Sabree says the move will protect nearly 7,000 properties total: 2,400 owner-occupied properties, 4,100 non-owner-occupied rental properties and about 170 commercial-occupied properties.
“We want to make sure that because of COVID-19, that anyone that’s living in a property or running a business that’s operating, that they don’t lose their property.” Eric Sabree, Wayne County Treasurer