When Monica Allen and Shantese Thomas were three years old and one year old resp

When Monica Allen and Shantese Thomas were three years old and one year old respectively they came to live with their grandmother Tracy Allen at 3143 Elmora Avenue in Baltimore Maryland. Allen leased the dwelling from Mildred Thompkins. Less than a year later after Thompkins failed to pay the taxes on the property Hard Assets LLC acquired it. For fifteen years the firm had bought and sold tax-delinquent properties. Jay Dackman a member of the LLC ran the business. Hard Assets intended to sell the property rather than keep it as a rental so Allen and her grandchildren were asked to vacate the premises.