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This bill, titled "Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions," aims to strengthen protections for homeowners facing tax sales by allowing them to designate a family member or other representative to communicate and work with the State Tax Sale Ombudsman, an official tasked with assisting homeowners with delinquent taxes and connecting them with available programs and services. A key provision mandates that a homeowner's dwelling will be withheld from tax sale if they have a documented terminal illness or medical hardship, as certified by a physician. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum value of a dwelling for eligibility in the Homeowner Protection Program, a program designed to help vulnerable homeowners avoid tax sales, from $300,000 to $450,000, and expands priority enrollment in this program to include homeowners experiencing documented terminal illness or medical hardship.

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