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It’s not ‘just’ to erase someone’s home equity

The Hill
July 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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It’s not ‘just’ to erase someone’s home equity

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that property owners are not entitled to fair market value when the government seizes and sells their home to satisfy a debt, but the process must be fair, and the Pung family's case was sent back to a lower court to decide whether the auction of their home satisfied that standard.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that property owners are not entitled to fair market value when the government seizes and sells their home to satisfy a debt, but the process must be fair, and the Pung family's case was sent back to a lower court to decide whether the auction of their home satisfied that standard.