Losing a home for sixty dollars
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Losing a home for sixty dollars

Associated Press · June 12, 1974

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Evanston, Ill. -- Lillian Ware, stands in front of her home in Evanston, Ill. Mrs. Ware, a practical nurse with a history of heart trouble, may lose her $25,000 house because she failed to pay $59.61 in taxes and penalties. The house was bought by two Chicago real estate brokers who specialize in seizing tax delinquent property.

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