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In effect: 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 31 until further notice

Property, lots & housing

Foreclosure & sheriff sales

Information about how sheriff sales work, as well as how to avoid foreclosure on your property.

Apply for a grant to clear your home’s title

Grants for low-income people who want to clear up ownership of their home.

Force a sheriff sale

Description of the Tax Sale Escrow Program, which lets people request that a tax-delinquent property be sold at a sheriff sale.

Save your home from mortgage and tax foreclosure

Resources to avoid losing your home through foreclosure in Philadelphia.

Sheriff & lien sales

Information on buying a property from a sheriff's sale, stopping a sheriff's sale, and claiming excess sheriff sale funds.

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