The government agencies that help people stay in their homes are acting against some government agencies that are causing the problem.  Local municipalities contract with Portnoff, struggling homeowners apply for help to avoid tax sales, so other government agencies are paying a private tax collector and paying fees for the homeowner.  This is a huge loss of money because there was already a government agency to collect delinquent taxes.  A relative of this law firm is now advertising for people to apply for PAHAF grants for municipal collections and property taxes.

Struggling families already feeling overwhelmed with this economy are now facing losing everything, while being bombarded with legal paperwork, feeling like there's no solution.  It’s reported that 90% of these cases go unanswered, and the government entities receive no benefit from contracting with these companies.

The Homestead Tax grant takes 300 to 500 dollars off my school taxes, but the relief is short lived when the school district farms out the tax responsibility to private debt collectors.  I end up with an inflated tax bill which leaves myself and other homeowners unable to become current.

The school districts also assign liens to private companies(Ex E), and still use the same collectors to collect for another profit making company.  How does a fourth (not third) party collector get to benefit from legislature directed for municipalities and school districts?  How can they be allowed to take someone's property?

This has been a problem for a long time.  I have been researching this for four years and this process seems like it was created out of greed and aided by corruption.  Currently its become the norm, I believe its time to stop putting families out of their homes.