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.
A ruling by a superior court judge is one more blow to a century-old practice in Massachusetts of municipalities taking the total value of a property even when only a small fraction of that amount is owed in taxes.
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Survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and trafficking are often followed by criminal records that keep them from accessing stable housing and employment, even after they escape their traffickers and