mr. batesas evicted for nonpayment of property taxes. the problem is, his annual taxes were about $1300 per year, but his home was not worth more than $2400 because it was severely dilapidated, and several of the rooms were unlivable. mr. b batesto that, has worked in grocery stores his entire life, has never made more ththan $10,0,000 a year, so he qualified for the property tax exemption. but he didn't even know about the problem -- poverty tax exemption. even if he did, the various obstacles, unnecessary obstacles put in the way, means he never applied for the poverty tax exemption. mr. bates was evicted from his family home for nonpayment of illegally inflated property taxes that he was not supposed to be paying in the first place. jason dates ino his own words. grandparents bought the home in 1 1907, he wass ultimately foreclosed upon last year. i didn't have health coverage, so i did not think about it. i had to work less and less. so i ended up losing the house again because i could not