亚利桑那州的一名男子在他的移动房屋拍卖后可能会被迫离开住所。
根据亚利桑那州共和国，两年前，空军老兵吉姆·伯尔纳购买了黄色移动房屋。伯尔纳因在密西西比空军基地的一次训练中脑部和脊椎受伤而无法工作，他用现金支付了房子的费用。
“这很难。这太难了。我爱我的家。我爱我的邻居。...这是我的鸟蛋，你知道吗？这就是为什么我付现金买的。这就是我要退休的地方。现在我不再有这种保证了，”伯尔纳告诉记者共和国。
伯尔纳告诉记者，买下房子后，他申请了亚利桑那州马里科帕县的一个项目，该项目为固定收入和残疾人士提供减税。提交申请后不久，伯尔纳说他收到了一张明信片，通知他已经被该项目录取。
然而，去年一名警长的副手来告诉伯尔纳，他拖欠财产税，他的移动房屋可能会被拍卖。
亚利桑那州法律将移动房屋定义为个人财产，如果房产税迟交一天，允许拍卖房屋。对于单户住宅，业主有两年的时间来支付所欠的税款，然后拍卖住宅。此外，购买房屋的个人或公司必须等三年才能获得税款和所欠利息，才能在丧失抵押品赎回权后驱逐前房主。
根据共和国马里科帕县财务主管办公室给流动房屋业主30天的时间来支付他们逾期的财产税，然后他们被标记为拖欠。又过了30天，他们才通知郡长办公室，郡长随后被要求与房主联系，告知他们所欠的钱以及如何和在哪里付款的指示。
2010年12月7日，密歇根州底特律市，底特律东区一个中产阶级社区的街道两旁排列着关闭和收回的房屋。据估计，该市三分之一的居民生活贫困，这使得该市成为美国最贫穷的大城市。查尔斯·奥门尼/盖蒂
伯尔纳告诉该报，2018年副警长到访后，他再次填写了申请该项目的文件，并收到了另一张明信片，上面写着他已被录取。伯尔纳说，他没有保存任何一张明信片，财务主管办公室说，没有任何一张申请的记录。
上个月，一名代理人来通知他，他再次拖欠付款，他的房子可以拍卖。伯尔纳说，他打电话来付款，被告知最后期限还有几周。
郡呼叫中心的一名员工在一份由英国广播公司获得的录音中对伯尔纳说:“只要家里有任何危险或类似情况，你就没什么需要担心的。”共和国。
伯尔纳说，他被转移到警长办公室，并被告知他欠641美元。其中，405美元来自2017年。伯尔纳还问，“从现在到6月30日”他是否会被赶出家门
“我想不会。据报道，这位员工告诉他:“我总是建议尽快付款，但我的评论中没有任何内容表明他们会这么做。”。但是，由共和国显示伯尔纳的房子定于6月20日拍卖。
当伯尔纳付款时，问题还在继续，因为他只记得他所付的405美元，而他的账户上还有236美元的余额。
这种平衡使得他的财产被拍卖，一个化名亚历克斯·帕朗的男人花了4400美元买下了这个移动房屋。购买房产后不久，帕朗回到家中，告诉伯尔纳这是他的，并问他需要多长时间才能搬出去。
接下来的谈话包括伯尔纳打电话给财务主管办公室询问发生了什么，然后出价5000美元买下这栋房子。赞助人以3万美元进行反击，伯尔纳说这超出了他的承受能力。顾客后来出价26，000美元，然后是52，000美元。
伯尔纳说，他将支付高达15，000美元来挽救他的房子，但帕朗已经决定不再出售房产，部分原因是他声称伯尔纳威胁他和他的家人。
“我留着这个家。我奶奶需要一栋房子。她喜欢(移动家庭)公园，”据信其真名是莱斯特·佩恩的帕朗告诉《纽约时报》共和国。
与此同时，马里科帕县财政办公室正试图帮助伯尔纳。财务主管罗伊斯·弗洛拉告诉该报，她认为这位老兵可能被逐出家门是令人愤慨的。
然而，看来赞助人的购买是完全合法的，也许没有什么办法可以让伯尔纳留在家里。
伯尔纳告诉报纸，如果被驱逐，他不确定自己会去哪里。
全国无家可归退伍军人联盟称，如果被驱逐，伯尔纳将加入大约40，056名无家可归的退伍军人行列。根据国家退伍军人委员会，7%的普通人口符合退伍军人的定义，但是在无家可归的人口中，13%的人在军队服役。另有140万退伍军人目前面临无家可归的风险。
DISABLED AIR FORCE VETERAN FACING EVICTION AFTER HOME WAS SOLD DUE TO DELINQUENT $236 TAX PAYMENT
An Arizona man could be forced to leave his residence after his mobile home was sold at auction.
According to the Arizona Republic, Air Force veteran Jim Boerner purchased the yellow mobile home two years ago. Boerner, who is unable to work due to brain and spinal injuries that occurred during a training exercise at an Air Force base in Mississippi, paid for the home in cash.
"It's difficult. It's just difficult. I love my home. I love my neighbors. ... This was my nest egg, you know? That's why I paid cash for it. This is where I was going to retire. And now I don't have that assurance anymore," Boerner told the Republic.
Boerner told the newspaper that after purchasing the home, he applied for a program offered in Maricopa County, Arizona that provides reduced taxes for individuals with fixed incomes and disabilities. Shortly after sending in his application, Boerner said he was mailed a postcard informing him that he had been accepted into the program.
However, last year a sheriff's deputy arrived to tell Boerner that he was late on property taxes and his mobile home could be sold at an auction.
Arizona state law defines mobile homes as personal property and allows for a home to be auctioned if the property tax payment is a day late. For single-family homes, owners have two years to pay the owed taxes before the residence is auctioned off. Additionally, the individual or company who purchases the home must wait three years to obtain the taxes and any interest owed before the former homeowner can be evicted following foreclosure.
According to the Republic, the Maricopa County Treasurer's Office gives mobile home owners 30 days to pay their late property taxes before they are flagged as delinquent. It is another 30 days before they inform the sheriff's office, who is then required to make contact with the homeowner and inform them of the money owed and instructions for how and where to make a payment.
Shuttered and repossessed homes line the streets of a middle class neighborhood on the East side of Detroit, December 7, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. An estimated one in three inhabitants of the city live in poverty, making the city the poorest large city in America.CHARLES OMMANNEY/GETTY
Boerner told the newspaper that after the deputy's visit in 2018, he filled out paperwork again to apply for the program and got another postcard saying he was accepted. Boerner said he didn't keep either postcard, and the treasurer's office says it has no record of either application.
Last month a deputy arrived to inform him that he was again late on his payment and that his home could be sold at auction. Boerner said he called to make a payment and was informed that the deadline was weeks away.
"There's nothing serious you would need to be worried about as far as the home being in any danger or anything like that," an employee for the county-call center said to Boerner in a recording obtained by the Republic.
Boerner said he was transferred to the sheriff's office and told he owed $641. Of that amount, $405 was from 2017. Boerner also asked if he would be kicked out of his home "between now and June 30."
"I would imagine not. I would always advise paying as quickly as you can, but I don't see anything in my comments saying they're going to," the employee reportedly told him. However, documents obtained by the Republic show that Boerner's house was scheduled to be auctioned on June 20.
The issues continued when Boerner made the payment, as he only remembered the $405, which is what he paid, leaving his account with a $236 balance.
That balance is what sent his property to auction, where a man using the alias Alex Patron bought the mobile home for $4,400. Shortly after purchasing the property, Patron went to the home to tell Boerner that it was his and asked him how long he would need to move out.
The conversation that followed included Boerner calling the treasurer's office to ask what happened and then offered Patron $5,000 to buy the home back. Patron countered with $30,000, which Boerner said was more than he could afford. Patron later offered the home for $26,000 and then $52,000.
Boerner said he would pay up to $15,000 to save his home, but Patron has decided he no longer wants to sell the property, in part because he alleges that Boerner threatened him and his family.
"I'm keeping the home. My grandma needs a house. She likes the (mobile home) park," Patron, whose real name is believed to be Lester Payne, told the Republic.
Meanwhile, the Maricopa County Treasurer's Office is trying to help Boerner. Treasurer Royce Flora told the newspaper she finds it outrageous that the veteran could be evicted from his home.
However, it appears that Patron's purchase was entirely legal and there might not be anything that can be done to keep Boerner in the home.
Boerner told the newspaper that he isn't sure where he will go if evicted.
If evicted, Boerner would join an estimated 40,056 veterans who are homeless on "any given night" the National Coalition For Homeless Veterans said. According to the NCHV, 7 percent of the general population fits the definition of a veteran, but of the homeless population, 13 percent served in the military. An additional 1.4 million veterans are currently at risk of becoming homeless.
