The Michigan Association of County Treasurers tried to get state taxpayers to pay for the legal expenses of counties that foreclosed on family homes and kept the excess proceeds from the sales. Jonathan Lindsey, R-Coldwater, and Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit to “financially protect counties by reimbursing county treasurers’ liabilities imposed by court decision regarding property tax foreclosures.” "Michigan law, for many years, mandated an unjust property tax foreclosure process that resulted in the government taking equity from property owners,” said Lindsey in an email to Michigan Capitol Confidential. Instead of returning the excess profits from the sale of the home to the owner(s), counties would keep the money. County treasurers needed money to implement Michigan law.