Home Property

If a person’s (home) property is taken from them without their knowledge, can legal action be taken?

A dear friend of mine is going through a situation, where the city or state where she is from has taken her property and allowed a real-estate or mortgage company to buy it without her consent or knowledge. She is a disabled woman originally from New Orleans Louisiana and she had to relocate to another state due to the tragic circumstances of hurricane Katrina. She desperately wanted to move back to her home but she was unable to travel back and forth from state to state to monitor renovations etc. She had been working tirelessly with her mortgage company at the time to help her, she heard about so many other home owners whose mortgage company’s gave forgiveness debts to or at least worked with the owners due to the drastic nature of their situations. The mortgage company would not comply. She searched for trustworthy contractors and other workers who would help rebuild while she was away and she was successful. Unfortunately this is when she found out her home had been sold to someone else. She is very devastated at the whole ordeal she has been through enough already. Although she wants to move back, she now feels there is nothing she can do but continue living where she is now. I know this is because she is unaware of what legal measures and she can take. If the home is already sold to a resident is it too late to get it back? How is this possible, shouldn’t this be a special case due to a catastrophic disaster? Can someone with knowledge about this subject please help. Thanks in Advance

Due process which everyone in the US (except presumably for undocumented aliens) is entitled to have, would require proper notice and the right to be heard on such issues. Your friend needs to contact legal assistance, a law school legal clinic or pro bono lawyer for assistance. Your description of events may constitute special circumstances for relief. But your friend needs to talk with a lawyer.