According to the Arizona Republic, Air Force veteran Jim Boerner purchased the yellow mobile home two years ago. Boerner, who is unable to work due to brain and spinal injuries that occurred during a training exercise at an Air Force base in Mississippi, paid for the home in cash.
“It’s difficult. It’s just difficult. I love my home. I love my neighbors. … This was my nest egg, you know? That’s why I paid cash for it. This is where I was going to retire. And now I don’t have that assurance anymore,” Boerner told the Republic.
Boerner told the newspaper that after purchasing the home, he applied for a program offered in Maricopa County, Arizona that provides reduced taxes for individuals with fixed incomes and disabilities. Shortly after sending in his application, Boerner said he was mailed a postcard informing him that he had been accepted into the program.
However, last year a sheriff’s deputy arrived to tell Boerner that he was late on property taxes and his mobile home could be sold at an auction.
