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Andrew W. Kahrl is professor of history and African American studies at the University of Virginia and the author of the book The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America.
Tax lien investing allows hedge funds and private equity firms to exploit mostly poor, elderly Black and Latino homeowners, leveraging the machinery of local tax enforcement.
