Andy Meisner for Oakland County Treasurer

From the Office of Andy Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

This letter is to inform you of a new program to help pay your delinquent property taxes up to $30,000 if you face a hardship preventing you from paying your property taxes.

The program is called the “Step Forward Michigan Loan Rescue Program for Property Tax Assistance,” and is helping some eligible homeowners pay off their delinquent taxes.

By Jeremy Selweski, C & G Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The county is taking part in a new statewide tax-rescue program that will provide a lifeline for homeowners mired in tax debt.

According to Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner, the property tax foreclosure prevention initiative will help pay the delinquent property taxes, interest, fees and dues of eligible homeowners. Dubbed the Step Forward Michigan Loan Rescue Program, the initiative went live Jan. 15. It allows homeowners to apply for up to $30,000 of federal “Hardest Hit” funds administered by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA).

Editorial in the Observer & Eccentric newspaper
Sunday, November 4, 2012

When people talk about government having its hand out, they usually are talking about a demand to pay taxes. Not so with the Oakland County Treasurer's Office and Andy Meisner, the Democratic county treasurer who is seeking his second term in that office.

Sure, the treasurer's office collects those taxes, but under Meisner's leadership, that office has done much more. Meisner understands the plight of residents, actively extending his hand out to help homeowners mired in the foreclosure process. He has worked hard to facilitate meetings between financial institutions and homeowners to help protect their interests.