As the real estate market in Philadelphia continues its upper trajectory, the city of Philadelphia has been aggressively selling tax ­delinquent properties through tax foreclosure ­proceedings under the Municipal Claims and Tax Liens Act in order to continue ­development of these typically under-utilized properties.

In City of Philadelphia v. Phan, 2016 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 448 (Oct. 24, 2016), the Commonwealth Court for the first time specifically addressed whether a mixed-use property which had been sold at a tax sale pursuant to the act could be redeemed by the former property owner as a matter of right under the act.

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