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DC doubling down on dispossessed catches attention of the Washington Post
November 16, 2015 | By CHRISTINA MARTIN
Late last week the Washington Post published an article by Todd Gaziano of our DC office and me, called D.C. doubles down on the dispossessed. We wrote about Benjamin Coleman and other dispossessed homeowners' class-action lawsuit against the District of Columbia. Coleman, an elderly veteran who suffers from dementia, lost his home, which the tax a ...
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Fifth Amendment for sale
August 20, 2015 | By CHRISTINA MARTIN
Can the government take a person's home to pay a $133 debt without paying the homeowner a penny? A case pending before a federal district court, Coleman v. District of Columbia, asks just that question. Benjamin Coleman, an elderly veteran suffering from dementia, owned a house in Northeast Washington, D.C that he'd bought with cash two decades ago ...