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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Fri Nov 21, 2014, 02:52 PM Nov 2014

Redistribution of homes begins in polygamous sect

Source: Associated Press

Redistribution of homes begins in polygamous sect
By BRADY McCOMBS, Associated Press | November 21, 2014 | Updated: November 21, 2014 12:16pm

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Deeds to two dozen of the 750 homes in Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect that have been tied up for nine years in state-run trust have been handed over to families.

It marks a small but significant first step toward the redistribution of more than $100 million in properties on the Utah-Arizona border. The homes have been in state control since 2005 due to allegations of mismanagement by Jeffs and other sect leaders.

Val Oveson, a spokesman for officials appointed by a Utah judge to oversee the trust, said Friday that most of the 24 families in Hildale, Utah paid between $5,000-$10,000 for the land, closing costs and any unpaid occupancy fees.

Since the trust was created by the fundamentalist Mormon sect in 1942, the homes have belonged to church leaders and nobody was given deeds.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Redistribution-of-homes-begins-in-polygamous-sect-5909217.php



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Redistribution of homes begins in polygamous sect (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2014 OP
Well, let's keep the ball rolling ReRe Nov 2014 #1
Let the collectivization begin! LCSWLAC Nov 2014 #2
In before the MIRT!!! Kalidurga Nov 2014 #4
Down with the psychopomps! Orsino Nov 2014 #3
Collectivization? NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #5

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
1. Well, let's keep the ball rolling
Fri Nov 21, 2014, 03:10 PM
Nov 2014

... continue this until the houses/properties are all redistributed. If anything is left over, divide it and dish it out evenly. Then be done with it once and for all. And I hope Utah has a law set up to prevent this from ever happening again. Thanks, Judi Lynn.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
5. Collectivization?
Sat Nov 22, 2014, 04:12 PM
Nov 2014

The homes have belonged to a collective cult since the beginning. They are now being given to individuals.

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