Foreclosed Homeowners Get Unexpected Windfalls

Dozens of former homeowners who lost their houses to foreclosure have been calling public trustee offices across Colorado to see whether they have any money coming to them.

"We had no idea until we saw it in the newspaper," said Anthony Michaels of Denver, whose mother, 92-year-old Fayetta Curry, and his younger sister, Sharon Parker, were among a list of individuals due funds from a foreclosure auction.

The Denver Post on Tuesday highlighted how county public trustees and treasurers have hundreds of thousands of dollars in unclaimed funds that belong to homeowners whose houses were sold at auction.
Michaels' family members were among those eligible to collect more than $635,000 in unclaimed money but never knew it.

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